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Organic Carbon Sequestration And Storage In Vegetated Coastal Habitats Along The Western Coast Of The Arabian Gulf, M Cusack, V Saderne, A Arias-Ortiz, Pere Masque, P K. Krishnakumar, L Rabaoui, M A. Qusem, P Prihartato, R A. Loughland, A A. Elyas, C M. Duarte
Organic Carbon Sequestration And Storage In Vegetated Coastal Habitats Along The Western Coast Of The Arabian Gulf, M Cusack, V Saderne, A Arias-Ortiz, Pere Masque, P K. Krishnakumar, L Rabaoui, M A. Qusem, P Prihartato, R A. Loughland, A A. Elyas, C M. Duarte
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Certain coastal ecosystems such as mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass habitats have been identified as significant natural carbon sinks, through the sequestration and storage of carbon in their biomass and sediments, collectively known as 'blue carbon' ecosystems. These ecosystems can often thrive in extreme environments where terrestrial systems otherwise survive at the limit of their existence, such as in arid and desert regions of the globe. To further our understanding of the capability of blue carbon ecosystems to sequester and store carbon in such extreme climates, we measured carbon sediment stocks in 25 sites along the Western Arabian Gulf coast. While …
Expanding Greenland Seagrass Meadows Contribute New Sediment Carbon Sinks, Núria Marbà, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Pere Masque´, Carlos M. Duarte
Expanding Greenland Seagrass Meadows Contribute New Sediment Carbon Sinks, Núria Marbà, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Pere Masque´, Carlos M. Duarte
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
The loss of natural carbon sinks, such as seagrass meadows, contributes to grenhouse gas emissions and, thus, global warming. Whereas seagrass meadows are declining in temperate and tropical regions, they are expected to expand into the Arctic with future warming. Using paleoreconstruction of carbon burial and sources of organic carbon to shallow coastal sediments of three Greenland seagrass (Zostera marina) meadows of contrasting density and age, we test the hypothesis that Arctic seagrass meadows are expanding along with the associated sediment carbon sinks. We show that sediments accreted before 1900 were highly 13C depleted, indicative of low inputs of seagrass …