Type
ArticleAuthors
Atwood, Trisha B.
Connolly, Rod M.
Connolly, Rod M.
Almahasheer, Hanan

Carnell, Paul E.
Carnell, Paul E.
Duarte, Carlos M.

Duarte, Carlos M.

Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J.

Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J.

Irigoien, Xabier

Irigoien, Xabier

Kelleway, Jeffrey J.
Kelleway, Jeffrey J.
Lavery, Paul S.
Lavery, Paul S.
Macreadie, Peter I.
Macreadie, Peter I.
Serrano, Oscar

Serrano, Oscar

Sanders, Christian J.
Sanders, Christian J.
Santos, Isaac

Santos, Isaac

Steven, Andrew D. L.
Lovelock, Catherine E.
Lovelock, Catherine E.
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Date
2017-06-26Online Publication Date
2017-06-26Print Publication Date
2017-07Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/625640
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Mangrove soils represent a large sink for otherwise rapidly recycled carbon (C). However, widespread deforestation threatens the preservation of this important C stock. It is therefore imperative that global patterns in mangrove soil C stocks and their susceptibility to remineralization are understood. Here, we present patterns in mangrove soil C stocks across hemispheres, latitudes, countries and mangrove community compositions, and estimate potential annual CO2 emissions for countries where mangroves occur. Global potential CO2 emissions from soils as a result of mangrove loss were estimated to be ~7.0 Tg CO2e yr−1. Countries with the highest potential CO2 emissions from soils are Indonesia (3,410 Gg CO2e yr−1) and Malaysia (1,288 Gg CO2e yr−1). The patterns described serve as a baseline by which countries can assess their mangrove soil C stocks and potential emissions from mangrove deforestation.Citation
Atwood TB, Connolly RM, Almahasheer H, Carnell PE, Duarte CM, et al. (2017) Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses. Nature Climate Change 7: 523–528. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3326.Sponsors
Support was provided by the CSIRO Coastal Carbon Biogeochemistry Cluster. We also acknowledge the support of The Oceans Institute of the University of Western Australia, the Global Change Institute of The University of Queensland, and the Australian Research Council (Awards DE130101084, DE170101524, LP160100242, LE140100083 and DP150103286) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the baseline fund to C.M.D. We would like to thank P. Terletzky-Gese for assistance with GIS.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
Nature Climate ChangeAdditional Links
https://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v7/n7/full/nclimate3326.htmlRelations
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Atwood, T., Connolly, R. M., Almahasheer, H., Carnell, P., Duarte, C. M., Ewers Lewis, C., Irigoien, X., Kelleway, J., Lavery, P. S., Macreadie, P. I., Serrano, Ó., Sanders, I., Santos, I. R., Steven, S., & Lovelock, C. E. (2017). Country-level mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses [Data set]. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874382. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.874382 Handle: 10754/662350
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10.1038/nclimate3326