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Role Of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems As Nitrogen And Phosphorous Filters And Sinks In The Coasts Of Saudi Arabia, V. Saderne, M. Cusack, Oscar Serrano, H. Almahasheer, P. K. Krishnakumar, L. Rabaoui, M. A. Qurban, C. M. Duarte

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Vegetated coastal ecosystems along the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf coasts of Saudi Arabia thrive in an extremely arid and oligotrophic environment, with high seawater temperatures and salinity. Mangrove, seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems have been shown to act as efficient sinks of sediment organic carbon, earning these vegetated ecosystems the moniker 'blue carbon' ecosystems. However, their role as nitrogen and phosphorus (N and P) sinks remains poorly understood. In this study, we examine the capacity of blue carbon ecosystems to trap and store nitrogen and phosphorous in their sediments in the central Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. We estimated the …