Global mangrove root production, its controls and roles in the blue carbon budget of mangroves

M Arnaud, S Krause, RJ Norby, TH Dang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are among the most carbon‐dense ecosystems worldwide. Most of the carbon in
mangroves is found belowground, and root production might be an important control of …

Mangroves in arid regions: Ecology, threats, and opportunities

MF Adame, R Reef, NS Santini, E Najera… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mangroves are one of the few woody ecosystems that grow in hot-arid climates. They can
survive extreme conditions of low precipitation, high solar radiation, wide temperature …

Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities

NL Bindoff, WWL Cheung, JG Kairo, J Arístegui… - 2019 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

S Song, Y Ding, W Li, Y Meng, J Zhou, R Gou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Significant efforts have been invested to restore mangrove forests worldwide through
reforestation and afforestation. However, blue carbon benefit has not been compared …

An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration

CE Lovelock, MF Adame, J Bradley… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of coastal wetlands has the potential to deliver both climate change mitigation,
called blue carbon, and adaptation benefits to coastal communities, as well as supporting …

Mangrove blue carbon stocks and dynamics are controlled by hydrogeomorphic settings and land‐use change

SD Sasmito, M Sillanpää, MA Hayes… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, carbon‐rich mangrove forests are deforested and degraded due to land‐use and
land‐cover change (LULCC). The impact of mangrove deforestation on carbon emissions …

Four decades of data indicate that planted mangroves stored up to 75% of the carbon stocks found in intact mature stands

CF Bourgeois, RA MacKenzie, S Sharma… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Mangroves' ability to store carbon (C) has long been recognized, but little is known about
whether planted mangroves can store C as efficiently as naturally established (ie, intact) …

Climate and intertidal zonation drive variability in the carbon stocks of Sri Lankan mangrove forests

PLIGM Cooray, KAS Kodikara, MP Kumara… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Sri Lanka is at the forefront of global mangrove conservation. It is the first country to officially
protect all its remaining mangrove forests and has embarked on an ambitious plan to restore …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping leaf chlorophyll content of mangrove forests with Sentinel-2 images of four periods

J Zhen, X Jiang, Y Xu, J Miao, D Zhao, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chlorophyll is a good indicator of health status and nutritional condition as plant grows.
Many studies have investigated the feasibility of retrieving leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) …

Brazilian mangroves: blue carbon hotspots of national and global relevance to natural climate solutions

AS Rovai, RR Twilley, TA Worthington… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mangroves are known for large carbon stocks and high sequestration rates in biomass and
soils, making these intertidal wetlands a cost-effective strategy for some nations to …