Climate-driven tradeoffs between landscape connectivity and the maintenance of the coastal carbon sink

Kendall Valentine; Ellen R. Herbert; David C. Walters; Yaping Chen; Alexander J. Smith; Matthew L. Kirwan

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36803-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Climate-driven tradeoffs between landscape connectivity and the maintenance of the coastal carbon sink

Kendall Valentine,
Ellen R. Herbert,
David C. Walters,
Yaping Chen,
Alexander J. Smith,
Matthew L. Kirwan

Affiliations

Kendall Valentine: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Ellen R. Herbert: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
David C. Walters: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Yaping Chen: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Alexander J. Smith: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Matthew L. Kirwan: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36803-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Coastal connectivity between ecosystems increases with sea level rise but fails to maintain landscape carbon storage and marsh extent at extreme rates of sea level rise.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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