Nature Communications (Oct 2019)
Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation
- Oscar Serrano,
- Catherine E. Lovelock,
- Trisha B. Atwood,
- Peter I. Macreadie,
- Robert Canto,
- Stuart Phinn,
- Ariane Arias-Ortiz,
- Le Bai,
- Jeff Baldock,
- Camila Bedulli,
- Paul Carnell,
- Rod M. Connolly,
- Paul Donaldson,
- Alba Esteban,
- Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis,
- Bradley D. Eyre,
- Matthew A. Hayes,
- Pierre Horwitz,
- Lindsay B. Hutley,
- Christopher R. J. Kavazos,
- Jeffrey J. Kelleway,
- Gary A. Kendrick,
- Kieryn Kilminster,
- Anna Lafratta,
- Shing Lee,
- Paul S. Lavery,
- Damien T. Maher,
- Núria Marbà,
- Pere Masque,
- Miguel A. Mateo,
- Richard Mount,
- Peter J. Ralph,
- Chris Roelfsema,
- Mohammad Rozaimi,
- Radhiyah Ruhon,
- Cristian Salinas,
- Jimena Samper-Villarreal,
- Jonathan Sanderman,
- Christian J. Sanders,
- Isaac Santos,
- Chris Sharples,
- Andrew D. L. Steven,
- Toni Cannard,
- Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett,
- Carlos M. Duarte
Affiliations
- Oscar Serrano
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Catherine E. Lovelock
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
- Trisha B. Atwood
- The Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
- Peter I. Macreadie
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
- Robert Canto
- The Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
- Stuart Phinn
- The Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
- Ariane Arias-Ortiz
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals and Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Le Bai
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
- Jeff Baldock
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food
- Camila Bedulli
- UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Paul Carnell
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
- Rod M. Connolly
- Australian Rivers Institute—Coast and Estuaries, School of Environment andScience, Griffith University
- Paul Donaldson
- BMT Environment
- Alba Esteban
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
- Bradley D. Eyre
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- Matthew A. Hayes
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
- Pierre Horwitz
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Lindsay B. Hutley
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
- Christopher R. J. Kavazos
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Jeffrey J. Kelleway
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong
- Gary A. Kendrick
- UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Kieryn Kilminster
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Anna Lafratta
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Shing Lee
- Australian Rivers Institute—Coast and Estuaries, School of Environment andScience, Griffith University
- Paul S. Lavery
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Damien T. Maher
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- Núria Marbà
- Global Change Research Group, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats
- Pere Masque
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Miguel A. Mateo
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Richard Mount
- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania
- Peter J. Ralph
- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
- Chris Roelfsema
- Remote Sensing Research Centre/Joint Remote Sensing Research Program, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland
- Mohammad Rozaimi
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Radhiyah Ruhon
- UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Cristian Salinas
- School of Science and Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Jimena Samper-Villarreal
- The Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
- Jonathan Sanderman
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food
- Christian J. Sanders
- National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University
- Isaac Santos
- National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University
- Chris Sharples
- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania
- Andrew D. L. Steven
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Queensland Biosciences Precinct
- Toni Cannard
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Queensland Biosciences Precinct
- Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
- Carlos M. Duarte
- UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12176-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Policies aiming to preserve vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCE) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions require national assessments of blue carbon resources. Here the authors assessed organic carbon storage in VCE across Australian and the potential annual CO2 emission benefits of VCE conservation and find that Australia contributes substantially the carbon stored in VCE globally.
