Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA
Correccions a aquest document es poden consultar a https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00815-z Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M Altres ajuts: "Obra Social la Caixa" fellowship (LCF/BQ/ES14/10320004) Increasing the protection of coastal vegetated ecosystems has been sugg...
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ftuabarcelonapb:oai:ddd.uab.cat:250573 2023-12-10T09:52:13+01:00 Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA Novak, Alyssa Pelletier, M. C. Colarusso, Phil Simpson, J. Gutierrez, M. N. Arias Ortiz, Ariane Charpentier, M. Masqué Barri, Pere Vella, P. 2020 application/pdf https://ddd.uab.cat/record/250573 eng eng Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM2015-0552 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1588 Estuaries and Coasts Vol. 43, Issue 8 (December 2020), p. 2076-2091 https://ddd.uab.cat/record/250573 urn:10.1007/s12237-020-00754-9 urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:250573 urn:pmcid:PMC7751660 urn:pmc-uid:7751660 urn:pmid:33364916 urn:articleid:15592731v43n8p2076 urn:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7751660 urn:oai:egreta.uab.cat:publications/785f9ced-d9c8-4386-a3a2-d66671dfffb8 open access Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Seagrass Blue carbon Carbon sequestration New England Article 2020 ftuabarcelonapb 2023-11-15T00:55:08Z Correccions a aquest document es poden consultar a https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00815-z Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M Altres ajuts: "Obra Social la Caixa" fellowship (LCF/BQ/ES14/10320004) Increasing the protection of coastal vegetated ecosystems has been suggested as one strategy to compensate for increasing carbon dioxide (CO) in the atmosphere as the capacity of these habitats to sequester and store carbon exceeds that of terrestrial habitats. Seagrasses are a group of foundation species that grow in shallow coastal and estuarine systems and have an exceptional ability to sequester and store large quantities of carbon in biomass and, particularly, in sediments. However, carbon stocks (C stocks) and carbon accumulation rates (C accumulation) in seagrass meadows are highly variable both spatially and temporally, making it difficult to extrapolate this strategy to areas where information is lacking. In this study, C stocks and C accumulation were determined at 11 eelgrass meadows across New England, representing a range of eutrophication and exposure conditions. In addition, the environmental factors and structural characteristics of meadows related to variation in C stocks were identified. The objectives were accomplished by assessing stable isotopes of δ 13 C and δ 15 N as well as %C and %N in plant tissues and sediments, measuring grain size and 210 Pb of sediment cores, and through assessing site exposure. Variability in C stocks in seagrass meadows is well predicted using commonly measured environmental variables such as grain size distribution. This study allows incorporation of data and insights for the northwest Atlantic, where few studies on carbon sequestration by seagrasses have been conducted. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
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Correccions a aquest document es poden consultar a https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00815-z Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M Altres ajuts: "Obra Social la Caixa" fellowship (LCF/BQ/ES14/10320004) Increasing the protection of coastal vegetated ecosystems has been suggested as one strategy to compensate for increasing carbon dioxide (CO) in the atmosphere as the capacity of these habitats to sequester and store carbon exceeds that of terrestrial habitats. Seagrasses are a group of foundation species that grow in shallow coastal and estuarine systems and have an exceptional ability to sequester and store large quantities of carbon in biomass and, particularly, in sediments. However, carbon stocks (C stocks) and carbon accumulation rates (C accumulation) in seagrass meadows are highly variable both spatially and temporally, making it difficult to extrapolate this strategy to areas where information is lacking. In this study, C stocks and C accumulation were determined at 11 eelgrass meadows across New England, representing a range of eutrophication and exposure conditions. In addition, the environmental factors and structural characteristics of meadows related to variation in C stocks were identified. The objectives were accomplished by assessing stable isotopes of δ 13 C and δ 15 N as well as %C and %N in plant tissues and sediments, measuring grain size and 210 Pb of sediment cores, and through assessing site exposure. Variability in C stocks in seagrass meadows is well predicted using commonly measured environmental variables such as grain size distribution. This study allows incorporation of data and insights for the northwest Atlantic, where few studies on carbon sequestration by seagrasses have been conducted. |
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Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA |
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Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA |
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Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA |
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Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA |
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Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA |
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM2015-0552 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1588 Estuaries and Coasts Vol. 43, Issue 8 (December 2020), p. 2076-2091 https://ddd.uab.cat/record/250573 urn:10.1007/s12237-020-00754-9 urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:250573 urn:pmcid:PMC7751660 urn:pmc-uid:7751660 urn:pmid:33364916 urn:articleid:15592731v43n8p2076 urn:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7751660 urn:oai:egreta.uab.cat:publications/785f9ced-d9c8-4386-a3a2-d66671dfffb8 |
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