Global-change controls on soil-carbon accumulation and loss in coastal vegetated ecosystems

AC Spivak, J Sanderman, JL Bowen, EA Canuel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Coastal seagrass, mangrove and salt-marsh ecosystems—also termed blue-carbon
ecosystems—play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Much of the organic carbon …

Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows

I Mazarrasa, J Samper-Villarreal, O Serrano… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, yet they are among the most
threatened ecosystems on earth. Because of their role as carbon sinks, protection and …

Reviews and syntheses: 210Pb-derived sediment and carbon accumulation rates in vegetated coastal ecosystems – setting the record straight

A Arias-Ortiz, P Masqué, J Garcia-Orellana… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, including tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows,
are being increasingly assessed in terms of their potential for carbon dioxide sequestration …

Blue carbon storage in tropical seagrass meadows relates to carbonate stock dynamics, plant–sediment processes, and landscape context: insights from the western …

M Gullström, LD Lyimo, M Dahl, GS Samuelsson… - Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
Globally, seagrass ecosystems are considered major blue carbon sinks and thus indirect
contributors to climate change mitigation. Quantitative estimates and multi-scale appraisals …

High variability of Blue Carbon storage in seagrass meadows at the estuary scale

AM Ricart, PH York, CV Bryant, MA Rasheed… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Seagrass meadows are considered important natural carbon sinks due to their capacity to
store organic carbon (Corg) in sediments. However, the spatial heterogeneity of carbon …

Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

ME Röhr, M Holmer, JK Baum, M Björk… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of coastal ecosystems for the global carbon budgets, knowledge of
their carbon storage capacity and the factors driving variability in storage capacity is still …

Species traits and geomorphic setting as drivers of global soil carbon stocks in seagrass meadows

H Kennedy, JF Pagès, D Lagomasino… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge of the factors that can influence the stock of organic carbon (OC) that is
stored in the soil of seagrass meadows is evolving, and several causal effects have been …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and drivers of macroalgal 'blue carbon'transport and deposition in near-shore coastal environments

A Bellgrove, PI Macreadie, MA Young… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The role of macroalgae (seaweed) as a global contributor to carbon drawdown within
marine sediments–termed 'blue carbon'–remains uncertain and controversial. While studies …

Factors determining seagrass blue carbon across bioregions and geomorphologies

I Mazarrasa, P Lavery, CM Duarte… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows rank among the most significant organic carbon (Corg) sinks on earth.
We examined the variability in seagrass soil Corg stocks and composition across Australia …

Anthropogenic influences on the sources and distribution of organic carbon, black carbon, and heavy metals in Daya Bay's surface sediments

Y Yang, Y Li, C Huang, F Chen, C Chen, H Zhang… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), black carbon (BC), δ 13 C TOC, δ 15 N,
δ 13 C BC, grain size, and heavy metals of surface sediments collected from Daya Bay were …