Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world's biotic carbon hotspots

RJM Temmink, LPM Lamers, C Angelini, TJ Bouma… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Biogeomorphic wetlands cover 1% of Earth's surface but store 20% of ecosystem organic
carbon. This disproportional share is fueled by high carbon sequestration rates and effective …

The impact of climate change on mangrove forests

DM Alongi - Current Climate Change Reports, 2015 - Springer
Mangrove forests have survived a number of catastrophic climate events since first
appearing along the shores of the Tethys Sea during the late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary. The …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests

DM Alongi - Carbon management, 2012 - researchgate.net
Mangrove forests are highly productive, with carbon production rates equivalent to tropical
humid forests. Mangroves allocate proportionally more carbon belowground, and have …

Methane emissions partially offset “blue carbon” burial in mangroves

JA Rosentreter, DT Maher, DV Erler, RH Murray… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Organic matter burial in mangrove forests results in the removal and long-term storage of
atmospheric CO2, so-called “blue carbon.” However, some of this organic matter is …

[HTML][HTML] Variability in the organic carbon stocks, sources, and accumulation rates of Indonesian mangrove ecosystems

MA Kusumaningtyas, AA Hutahaean… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems are an important natural carbon sink that accumulate and store large
amounts of organic carbon (C org), in particular in the sediment. However, the magnitude of …

[HTML][HTML] Relevance and magnitude of'Blue Carbon'storage in mangrove sediments: Carbon accumulation rates vs. stocks, sources vs. sinks

TC Jennerjahn - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems store large amounts of'Blue Carbon', in particular in the sediment.
Research in the past decade has emphasized the quantitative significance of carbon …

Organic carbon burial rates in mangrove sediments: Strengthening the global budget

JL Breithaupt, JM Smoak, TJ Smith III… - Global …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mangrove wetlands exist in the transition zone between terrestrial and marine environments
and as such were historically overlooked in discussions of terrestrial and marine carbon …

Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration

SM Trevathan-Tackett, J Kelleway, PI Macreadie… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many marine ecosystems have the capacity for long‐term storage of organic carbon (C) in
what are termed “blue carbon” systems. While blue carbon systems (saltmarsh, mangrove …

Organic matter exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: recent insights from stable isotope studies

S Bouillon, RM Connolly, SY Lee - Journal of sea research, 2008 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems are highly productive tropical coastal ecosystems which have a
potentially high impact on the carbon budget of the tropical and global coastal zone. The …

Mapping height and biomass of mangrove forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM elevation data

M Simard, K Zhang, VH Rivera-Monroy… - … & Remote Sensing, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
We produced a landscape scale map of mean tree height in mangrove forests in Everglades
National Park (ENP) using the elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission …