Nature Communications (Mar 2019)
Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets
- V. Saderne,
- N. R. Geraldi,
- P. I. Macreadie,
- D. T. Maher,
- J. J. Middelburg,
- O. Serrano,
- H. Almahasheer,
- A. Arias-Ortiz,
- M. Cusack,
- B. D. Eyre,
- J. W. Fourqurean,
- H. Kennedy,
- D. Krause-Jensen,
- T. Kuwae,
- P. S. Lavery,
- C. E. Lovelock,
- N. Marba,
- P. Masqué,
- M. A. Mateo,
- I. Mazarrasa,
- K. J. McGlathery,
- M. P. J. Oreska,
- C. J. Sanders,
- I. R. Santos,
- J. M. Smoak,
- T. Tanaya,
- K. Watanabe,
- C. M. Duarte
Affiliations
- V. Saderne
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience (CBRC) Research Centers
- N. R. Geraldi
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience (CBRC) Research Centers
- P. I. Macreadie
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University
- D. T. Maher
- Southern Cross Geoscience, Southern Cross University
- J. J. Middelburg
- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University
- O. Serrano
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- H. Almahasheer
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU)
- A. Arias-Ortiz
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra
- M. Cusack
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience (CBRC) Research Centers
- B. D. Eyre
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- J. W. Fourqurean
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Coastal oceans Research, Institute of Water and Environment, Florida International University
- H. Kennedy
- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
- D. Krause-Jensen
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
- T. Kuwae
- Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute
- P. S. Lavery
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- C. E. Lovelock
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
- N. Marba
- Department of Global Change Research, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats Miquel Marquès 21
- P. Masqué
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- M. A. Mateo
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- I. Mazarrasa
- Environmental Hydraulics Institute “IH Cantabria”, C/Isabel Torres No 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria
- K. J. McGlathery
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
- M. P. J. Oreska
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
- C. J. Sanders
- National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- I. R. Santos
- National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- J. M. Smoak
- University of South Florida
- T. Tanaya
- Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute
- K. Watanabe
- Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute
- C. M. Duarte
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience (CBRC) Research Centers
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08842-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Calcium carbonates (CaCO3) often accumulate in mangrove and seagrass sediments. Here the authors conducted a meta-analysis of inorganic carbon burial rates in mangrove and seagrass sediments and found that CaCO3 burial contributes to Blue Carbon ecosystems’ capacity to offset sea-level rise without undermining the role as CO2 sinks.
