Carbon balance in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems: A global synthesis

DM Alongi - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mangroves and salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems in the global
coastal ocean. Mangroves store more carbon (739 Mg CORG ha− 1) than salt marshes (334 …

Factors affecting wetland loss: A review

GA Ballut-Dajud, LC Sandoval Herazo… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite occupying an area no greater than 8% of the earth's surface, natural wetland
ecosystems fulfill multiple ecological functions: 1. Soil formation and stabilization support, 2 …

[PDF][PDF] Current status and emerging perspectives of coastal blue carbon ecosystems

DM Alongi - Carbon Footprints, 2023 - researchgate.net
Blue carbon ecosystems require conservation and restoration to maximize organic carbon
(CORG) sequestration to ameliorate greenhouse gas emissions. Salt marshes, mangrove …

Sea level‐driven marsh migration results in rapid net loss of carbon

AJ Smith, ML Kirwan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sea level rise alters coastal carbon cycling by driving the rapid migration of coastal
ecosystems, salinization of freshwater systems, and replacement of terrestrial forests with …

Biomass recovery of coastal young mangrove plantations in Central Thailand

T Ohtsuka, S Umnouysin, V Suchewaboripont… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Around one-third of the world's most carbon-rich ecosystems, mangrove forests, have
already been destroyed in Thailand owing to coastal development and aquaculture …

Region‐specific drivers cause low organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the saltmarsh soils of southern Scandinavia

C Leiva‐Dueñas, AEL Graversen… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Saltmarshes are known for their ability to act as effective sinks of organic carbon (OC) and
their protection and restoration could potentially slow down the pace of global warming …

A global meta-analysis on the drivers of salt marsh planting success and implications for ecosystem services

Z Liu, S Fagherazzi, Q He, O Gourgue, J Bai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Planting has been widely adopted to battle the loss of salt marshes and to establish living
shorelines. However, the drivers of success in salt marsh planting and their ecological …

Restoring for the climate: a review of coastal wetland restoration research in the last 30 years

C Bertolini, J da Mosto - Restoration Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands provide significant ecosystem services yet are ranked among some of the most
imperiled habitats. To maximize prioritization of these habitats a better understanding of the …

Investigation on the soil resistance to wave-induced lateral erosion under different mangrove forests

H Wang, M **e, O Chen, Z Zhou, H Cao, W Wei - Journal of Sea Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Under the effect of global climate change, the enhanced wave condition leads to lateral
erosion at the mangrove vegetation edge, threatening the survival of mangrove habitat and …

Carbon and nitrogen pools and mobile fractions in surface soils across a mangrove saltmarsh ecotone

DB Lewis, KL Jimenez, A Abd-Elrahman… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the subtropics, climate change is pushing woody mangrove forests into herbaceous
saltmarshes, altering soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools, with implications for coastal …