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Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests
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Mangroves are among the most carbon-rich biomes, containing an average of 937 tC ha-1, facilitating the accumulation of fine particles, and fostering rapid rates of sediment accretion (∼5 mm year -1) and carbon burial (174 gC m-2 year −1).Abstract:
Mangrove forests are highly productive, with carbon production rates equivalent to tropical humid forests. Mangroves allocate proportionally more carbon belowground, and have higher below- to above-ground carbon mass ratios than terrestrial trees. Most mangrove carbon is stored as large pools in soil and dead roots. Mangroves are among the most carbon-rich biomes, containing an average of 937 tC ha-1, facilitating the accumulation of fine particles, and fostering rapid rates of sediment accretion (∼5 mm year -1) and carbon burial (174 gC m-2 year -1). Mangroves account for only approximately 1% (13.5 Gt year -1) of carbon sequestration by the world’s forests, but as coastal habitats they account for 14% of carbon sequestration by the global ocean. If mangrove carbon stocks are disturbed, resultant gas emissions may be very high. Irrespective of uncertainties and the unique nature of implementing REDD+ and Blue Carbon projects, mangroves are prime ecosystems for reforestation and restoration.read more
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Carbon Cycling and Storage in Mangrove Forests
TL;DR: Of immediate concern are potential carbon losses to deforestation that are greater than these ecosystems' rates of carbon storage, and large reservoirs of dissolved inorganic carbon in deep soils are a large loss of carbon.
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Creation of a high spatiotemporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st Century (CGMFC-21)
TL;DR: The new database, CGMFC-21, provides a standardized spatial dataset that monitors mangrove deforestation globally at high spatio-temporal resolutions and can be used to drive the mangroves research agenda, particularly as it pertains to monitoring ofMangrove carbon stocks and the establishment of baseline local Mangrove forest inventories required for payment for ecosystem service initiatives.
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Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment
Shing Yip Lee,Jurgenne H. Primavera,Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,Karen L. McKee,Jared O. Bosire,Stefano Cannicci,Karen Diele,François Fromard,Nico Koedam,Cyril Marchand,Irving A. Mendelssohn,Nibedita Mukherjee,Sydne Record +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review four long-standing roles of mangroves: (1) carbon dynamics - export or sink; (2) nursery role; (3) shoreline protection; (4) land-building capacity).
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The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation
Daniel Murdiyarso,Daniel Murdiyarso,Joko Purbopuspito,Joko Purbopuspito,J. Boone Kauffman,M.W. Warren,Sigit D. Sasmito,Daniel C. Donato,Solichin Manuri,Haruni Krisnawati,Sartji Taberima,Sofyan Kurnianto,Sofyan Kurnianto +12 more
TL;DR: Indonesian mangrove carbon stocks are estimated to be 1,083 ± 378 MgC ha−1 as mentioned in this paper, which is a large amount of carbon stored in mangroves.
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Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses
Trisha B. Atwood,Trisha B. Atwood,Rod M. Connolly,Hannan Almahasheer,Paul E. Carnell,Carlos M. Duarte,Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis,Xabier Irigoien,Jeffrey J. Kelleway,Paul S. Lavery,Paul S. Lavery,Peter I. Macreadie,Oscar Serrano,Oscar Serrano,Christian J. Sanders,Isaac R. Santos,Andrew D. L. Steven,Catherine E. Lovelock,Catherine E. Lovelock +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present global baseline estimates of mangrove soil C stocks enabling countries to begin to assess their manglove soil C stock and the emissions that might arise from manglobve deforestation.
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