How can blue carbon burial in seagrass meadows increase long-term, net sequestration of carbon? A critical review

SC Johannessen - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Blue carbon sequestration in seagrass meadows has been proposed as a low-risk, nature-
based solution to offset carbon emissions and reduce the effects of climate change …

Regional shifts in paleohurricane activity over the last 1500 years derived from blue hole sediments offshore of Middle Caicos Island

E Wallace, J Donnelly, P van Hengstum… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal communities are vulnerable to sea-level rise and hurricane-induced flooding. Our
ability to assess flooding risk at coastal locations is restricted by the short observational …

Fingerprinting blue carbon: rationale and tools to determine the source of organic carbon in marine depositional environments

NR Geraldi, A Ortega, O Serrano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Blue carbon is the organic carbon in oceanic and coastal ecosystems that is captured on
centennial to millennial timescales. Maintaining and increasing blue carbon is an integral …

Isotope ratio mass spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques for microplastics characterization

QT Birch, PM Potter, PX Pinto, DD Dionysiou… - Talanta, 2021 - Elsevier
Micro-and nano-scale plastic particles in the environment result from their direct release and
degradation of larger plastic debris. Relative to macro-sized plastics, these small particles …

Investing in blue natural capital to secure a future for the Red Sea ecosystems

MJ Cziesielski, CM Duarte, N Aalismail… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
For millennia, coastal and marine ecosystems have adapted and flourished in the Red Sea's
unique environment. Surrounded by deserts on all sides, the Red Sea is subjected to high …

Stunted mangrove trees in the oligotrophic central Red Sea relate to nitrogen limitation

A Anton, H Almahasheer, A Delgado… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mangroves are important coastal ecosystems of warm climatic regions that often grow in
shallow saline or brackish waters of estuaries and river mouths which are affected by wide …

Spatial variations in element concentrations in Saudi Arabian Red Sea Mangrove and Seagrass ecosystems: a comparative analysis for bioindicator selection

C Cai, A Anton, CM Duarte, S Agusti - Earth Systems and Environment, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Red Sea supports a diverse array of macrophyte species, including mangroves
and seagrasses. Our study quantified the concentrations of 22 common elements, including …

Evolution of mangrove research in an extreme environment: Historical trends and future opportunities in Arabia

G Friis, JA Burt - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests occur throughout the coastlines of Arabia, one of the most environmentally
extreme regions of their global distribution. The gray mangrove [Avicennia marina (Forsk.) …

Carbon and nitrogen concentrations, stocks, and isotopic compositions in Red Sea seagrass and mangrove sediments

N Garcias-Bonet, A Delgado-Huertas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coastal vegetated ecosystems are intense global carbon (C) sinks; however, seagrasses
and mangroves in the Central Red Sea are depleted in organic C (Corg). Here, we tested …

Mangrove carbon sustains artisanal fish and other estuarine consumers in a major mangrove area of the southern Caribbean Sea

LA Sandoval, JE Mancera-Pineda… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Estuaries are highly productive habitats that support fisheries production. However, the
importance of mangrove carbon to estuarine consumers can differ considerably among …