Created mangrove wetlands store belowground carbon and surface elevation change enables them to adjust to sea-level rise.

ABSTRACT: Mangrove wetlands provide ecosystem services for millions of people, most prominently by providing storm protection, food and fodder. Mangrove wetlands are also valuable ecosystems for promoting carbon (C) sequestration and storage. However, loss of mangrove wetlands and these ecosystem services are a global concern, prompting the restoration and creation of mangrove wetlands as a potential solution. Here, we investigate soil surface elevation change, and its components, in created mangrove wetlands over a 25 year developmental gradient. All created mangrove wetlands were exceeding current relative sea-level rise rates (2.6 mm yr^-1), with surface elevation change of 4.2-11.0 mm yr^-1 compared with 1.5-7.2 mm yr^-1 for nearby reference mangroves. While mangrov

SUBMITTER: Krauss KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5430729 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature