A preliminary study of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from patchy tropical seagrass meadows in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seagrass meadows are a significant blue carbon sink due to their ability to store large amounts of carbon within sediment. However, the knowledge of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from seagrass meadows is limited, especially from meadows in the tropical region. Therefore, in this study, CO₂ and CH₄ emissions and carbon metabolism were studied at a tropical seagrass meadow under various conditions.

Methods

CO₂ and CH₄ emissions and carbon metabolism were measured using benthic chambers deployed for 18 h at Koh Mook, off the southwest coast of Thailand. The samples were collected from areas of patchy Enhalus acoroides, Thalassia hemprichii, and bare sand three times within 18 h periods of incubation: a

SUBMITTER: Halim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468903 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature