The conservation, restoration, and improved management of terrestrial forests significantly
contributes to mitigate climate change and its impacts, as well as providing numerous co …

Kelps are ecologically important primary producers and ecosystem engineers, and play a
central role in structuring nearshore temperate habitats. They play an important role in …

Macroalgae drive the largest CO2 flux fixed globally by marine macrophytes. Most of the
resulting biomass is exported through the coastal ocean as detritus and yet almost no field …

A carbon budget for the northwest European continental shelf seas (NWES) was
synthesized using available estimates for coastal, pelagic and benthic carbon stocks and …

Blue carbon has multiple definitions but is mostly defined, by criteria, as specific habitats or
species: seagrass, saltmarsh, and mangrove. These qualifying criteria include significant …

Evidence shows that habitats with potential to mitigate against greenhouse gases
emissions, by taking up and storing CO 2, are being lost due to the effects of on-going …

Over the last two decades, there has been increasing public and political recognition of
society's dependency upon natural habitat complexity and ecological processes to sustain …

Continental shelf sediments are recognized as long-term stores of globally significant
quantities of carbon (C) and potentially provide an important, yet largely overlooked climate …

Shelf seas and their associated benthic habitats represent key systems in the global carbon
cycle. However, the quantification of the related stocks and flows of carbon are often poorly …

Seagrasses are highly productive ecosystems and hotspots for biodiversity, providing a
plethora of benefits to the environment and to people. Their value in sequestering and …