Seasonality of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in tropical seagrass and unvegetated ecosystems

Vincent Saderne; Aislinn Francesca Dunne; Walter Ambrose Rich; Ronald Cadiz; Susana Carvalho; Joao Cúrdia; Alexander Kattan

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00759-9

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

Seasonality of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in tropical seagrass and unvegetated ecosystems

Vincent Saderne,
Aislinn Francesca Dunne,
Walter Ambrose Rich,
Ronald Cadiz,
Susana Carvalho,
Joao Cúrdia,
Alexander Kattan

Affiliations

Vincent Saderne: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Aislinn Francesca Dunne: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Walter Ambrose Rich: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Ronald Cadiz: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Susana Carvalho: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Joao Cúrdia: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Alexander Kattan: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00759-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Tropical seagrasses and adjacent unvegetated mudflats both emit the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane, though seagrasses have lower global warming potential relative to mudflats, suggest a year of high temporal resolution measurements of air-sea gas fluxes in the Red Sea.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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