Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration

VG Mason, A Burden, G Epstein, LL Jupe… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal saltmarshes are found globally, yet are 25%–50% reduced compared with their
historical cover. Restoration is incentivised by the promise that marshes are efficient storers …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing blue carbon stocks through saltmarsh restoration

L McMahon, CJT Ladd, A Burden, E Garrett… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Political discourse around coastal wetland restoration and blue carbon management
strategies has increased in the past decade, yet carbon storage has neither been a reason …

Effect of restoration on saltmarsh carbon accumulation in Eastern England

A Burden, A Garbutt, CD Evans - Biology letters, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Wetland soils are globally important carbon stores, and natural wetlands provide a sink for
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through ongoing carbon accumulation. Recognition of …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the potential blue carbon gains from tidal marsh rehabilitation: A case study from south eastern Australia

A Gulliver, PE Carnell, SM Trevathan-Tackett… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Historically, coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems (tidal marshes, mangrove forests, seagrass
meadows) have been impacted and degraded by human intervention, mainly in the form of …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon accumulation rates are highest at young and expanding salt marsh edges

CB Miller, AB Rodriguez, MC Bost, BA McKee… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
An objective of salt marsh conservation, restoration, and creation is to reduce global carbon
dioxide levels and offset emissions. This strategy hinges on measurements of salt marsh …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of 'blue carbon'from coastal salt marshes following habitat disturbance

PI Macreadie, AR Hughes, DL Kimbro - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Increased recognition of the global importance of salt marshes as 'blue carbon'(C) sinks has
led to concern that salt marshes could release large amounts of stored C into the …

[HTML][HTML] Global hotspots of salt marsh change and carbon emissions

AD Campbell, L Fatoyinbo, L Goldberg, D Lagomasino - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Salt marshes provide ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, coastal protection,
sea-level-rise (SLR) adaptation and recreation. SLR, storm events, drainage and mangrove …

Impacts of land management practices on blue carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in coastal ecosystems—A meta‐analysis

JJ O'Connor, BJ Fest, M Sievers… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global recognition of climate change and its predicted consequences has created the need
for practical management strategies for increasing the ability of natural ecosystems to …

Blue carbon sinks in South Africa and the need for restoration to enhance carbon sequestration

JL Raw, L Van Niekerk, O Chauke, H Mbatha… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Blue carbon ecosystems (mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses) contribute towards
climate change mitigation because they are efficient at sequestering atmospheric CO 2 into …

Plant biomass and rates of carbon dioxide uptake are enhanced by successful restoration of tidal connectivity in salt marshes

F Wang, M Eagle, KD Kroeger, AC Spivak… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Salt marshes, due to their capability to bury soil carbon (C), are potentially important
regional C sinks. Efforts to restore tidal flow to former salt marshes have increased in recent …