A synthesis of methane emissions from shallow vegetated coastal ecosystems

AN Al‐Haj, RW Fulweiler - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCEs; ie, mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses) play a
critical role in global carbon (C) cycling, storing 10× more C than temperate forests. Methane …

Blue carbon assessments of seagrass and mangrove ecosystems in South and Southeast Asia: Current progress and knowledge gaps

M Stankovic, AK Mishra, YP Rahayu, J Lefcheck… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems can be an important nature-based solution for mitigating
climate change, when emphasis is given to their protection, management, and restoration …

High carbon dioxide emissions from Australian estuaries driven by geomorphology and climate

JZQ Yeo, JA Rosentreter, JM Oakes, KG Schulz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Estuaries play an important role in connecting the global carbon cycle across the land-to-
ocean continuum, but little is known about Australia's contribution to global CO2 emissions …

The greenhouse gas offset potential from seagrass restoration

MPJ Oreska, KJ McGlathery, LR Aoki, AC Berger… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Awarding CO2 offset credits may incentivize seagrass restoration projects and help reverse
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global seagrass loss. However, no study has …

Metagenomic analysis reveals genetic insights on biogeochemical cycling, xenobiotic degradation, and stress resistance in mudflat microbiome

M Mohapatra, R Yadav, V Rajput, MS Dharne… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mudflats are highly productive coastal ecosystems that are dominated by halophytic
vegetation. In this study, the mudflat sediment microbiome was investigated from Nalabana …

High spatiotemporal variability of methane concentrations challenges estimates of emissions across vegetated coastal ecosystems

F Roth, X Sun, MC Geibel, J Prytherch… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal methane (CH4) emissions dominate the global ocean CH4 budget and can offset
the “blue carbon” storage capacity of vegetated coastal ecosystems. However, current …

[HTML][HTML] Blue carbon science, management and policy across a tropical urban landscape

DA Friess, YM Gatt, TK Fung, JB Alemu… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability of vegetated coastal ecosystems to sequester high rates of “blue” carbon over
millennial time scales has attracted the interest of national and international policy makers …

A bibliometric study on carbon cycling in vegetated blue carbon ecosystems

S Yin, J Wang, H Zeng - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Understanding carbon cycling in blue carbon ecosystems is key to sequestrating more
carbon in these ecosystems to mitigate climate change. However, limited information is …

Seagrasses and local environment control the bacterial community structure and carbon substrate utilization in brackish sediments

M Mohapatra, S Manu, SP Dash, G Rastogi - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seagrasses are complex benthic coastal ecosystems that play a crucial role in organic
matter cycling and carbon sequestration. However, little is known about how seagrasses …

Net Drawdown of Greenhouse Gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) by a Temperate Australian Seagrass Meadow

QR Ollivier, DT Maher, C Pitfield, PI Macreadie - Estuaries and Coasts, 2022 - Springer
Seagrasses have some of the highest rates of carbon burial on the planet and have
therefore been highlighted as ecosystems for nature-based climate change mitigation …