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A Marine Heatwave Drives Massive Losses From The World’S Largest Seagrass Carbon Stocks, A. Arias-Ortiz, Oscar Serrano, Pere Masque´, Paul S. Lavery, Ute Mueller, G. A. Kendrick, Mohammad Rozaimi, Alba Esteban, J. W. Fourqurean, N. Marba, Miguel-Angel Mateo, K. Murray, M. J. Rule, C. M. Duarte
A Marine Heatwave Drives Massive Losses From The World’S Largest Seagrass Carbon Stocks, A. Arias-Ortiz, Oscar Serrano, Pere Masque´, Paul S. Lavery, Ute Mueller, G. A. Kendrick, Mohammad Rozaimi, Alba Esteban, J. W. Fourqurean, N. Marba, Miguel-Angel Mateo, K. Murray, M. J. Rule, C. M. Duarte
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Seagrass ecosystems contain globally significant organic carbon (C) stocks. However, climate change and increasing frequency of extreme events threaten their preservation. Shark Bay, Western Australia, has the largest C stock reported for a seagrass ecosystem, containing up to 1.3% of the total C stored within the top metre of seagrass sediments worldwide. On the basis of field studies and satellite imagery, we estimate that 36% of Shark Bay’s seagrass meadows were damaged following a marine heatwave in 2010/2011. Assuming that 10 to 50% of the seagrass sediment C stock was exposed to oxic conditions after disturbance, between 2 and 9 …