Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States

Faming Wang; Xiaoliang Lu; Christian J. Sanders; Jianwu Tang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13294-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States

Faming Wang,
Xiaoliang Lu,
Christian J. Sanders,
Jianwu Tang

Affiliations

Faming Wang: Xiaoliang Research Station for Tropical Coastal Ecosystems and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoliang Lu: State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University
Christian J. Sanders: State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research and Institute of Eco-Chongming, East China Normal University
Jianwu Tang: State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research and Institute of Eco-Chongming, East China Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13294-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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It remains challenging to estimate carbon accumulation rates in tidal wetlands on a scale as large as the conterminous US. Here, the authors find that mean C accumulation rates vary greatly among watershed regions but not among vegetation types, and that tidal wetlands’ C sequestration capability will remain or increase by 2100, suggesting a resilience to sea level rise.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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