Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA.

ABSTRACT: Increasing the protection of coastal vegetated ecosystems has been suggested as one strategy to compensate for increasing carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere as the capacity of these habitats to sequester and store carbon exceeds that of terrestrial habitats. Seagrasses are a group of foundation species that grow in shallow coastal and estuarine systems and have an exceptional ability to sequester and store large quantities of carbon in biomass and, particularly, in sediments. However, carbon stocks (C_org stocks) and carbon accumulation rates (C_org accumulation) in seagrass meadows are highly variable both spatially and temporally, making it difficult to extrapolate this strategy to areas where information is lacking. In this study, C_org stock

SUBMITTER: Novak AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature