Carbon balance in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems: A global synthesis

DM Alongi - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mangroves and salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems in the global
coastal ocean. Mangroves store more carbon (739 Mg CORG ha− 1) than salt marshes (334 …

Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review

HM Nguyen, PJ Ralph, L Marín‐Guirao… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

Seasonality of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in tropical seagrass and unvegetated ecosystems

V Saderne, AF Dunne, WA Rich, R Cadiz… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Seagrass ecosystems are important carbon dioxide sinks that can sequester carbon for
centuries as organic matter in sediment. They are also a major source of methane, a potent …

Species-specific trait responses of three tropical seagrasses to multiple stressors: the case of increasing temperature and nutrient enrichment

IG Viana, A Moreira-Saporiti, M Teichberg - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass meadows are declining globally. The decrease of seagrass area is influenced by
the simultaneous occurrence of many factors at the local and global scale, including nutrient …

A spatially integrated dissolved inorganic carbon (SiDIC) model for aquatic ecosystems considering submerged vegetation

K Nagatomo, K Nakayama, K Komai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Net ecosystem production (NEP) by submerged aquatic vegetation plays a substantial role
in capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide into aquatic ecosystems. In lakes and estuaries, the …

Going under: The implications of sea‐level rise and reduced light availability on intertidal primary production

GJL Flowers, HR Needham, RH Bulmer… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Estuarine intertidal flats are known for high rates of primary production, however, globally
these ecosystems are under threat from rising sea‐level and accelerated inputs of terrestrial …

Modeling dissolved inorganic carbon considering submerged aquatic vegetation

K Nakayama, K Komai, K Tada, HC Lin, H Yajima… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Net absorption of CO 2 by vegetated coastal ecosystems has been revealed as a key
mechanism to capture and store carbon via the renewal of epigeal stem and rhizome …

Warming enhances carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from Red Sea seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) sediments

C Burkholz, N Garcias-Bonet, CM Duarte - Biogeosciences, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Seagrass meadows are autotrophic ecosystems acting as carbon sinks, but they have also
been shown to be sources of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4). Seagrasses can …

Photo-physiology and morphology reveal divergent warming responses in northern and southern hemisphere seagrasses

HM Nguyen, F Bulleri, L Marín-Guirao, M Pernice… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
A better understanding of species and population responses to thermal stress is critical to
predict changes in their distribution under warming scenarios. Seagrasses are a unique …

Photosynthesis and whole-plant carbon balances of warm affinity Halophila nipponica and cold affinity Zostera marina in relation to water temperature rise …

SH Kim, H Kim, Z Suonan, F Zhang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change associated sea surface temperature rise could significantly affect the
physiology, and consequently geographic distribution of seagrasses. Photosynthetic and …