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Organic Carbon Burial Rates In Mangrove Soils: Global Context And A Preliminary Investigation Of The Coastal Everglades, Joshua L. Breithaupt

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

The ecological and economic contributions made by mangroves have been well documented in recent decades, and these coastal forests have been the focus of increased attention in terms of conservation and restoration. One aspect that has recently drawn increased attention is the role of mangrove environments in the global carbon cycle, particularly for their high burial rates of organic carbon (OC), also known as “Blue Carbon”, that would otherwise contribute to increased atmospheric CO2 levels. Globally, the amount of available data has more than doubled since the last primary literature review of OC burial in mangrove sediments (2003). The objective …