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The future of Blue Carbon science

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Title The future of Blue Carbon science
 
Creator Macreadie, P.I.
Anton, A.
Raven, J.A.
Beaumont, N.
Connolly, R.M.
Friess, D.A.
Kelleway, J.J.
Kennedy, H.
Kuwae, T.
Lavery, P.S.
Lovelock, C.E.
Smale, D.A.
Apostolaki, E.T.
Atwood, T.B.
Baldock, J.
Bianchi, T.S.
Chmura, G.L.
Eyre, B.D.
Fourqurean, J.W.
Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
Huxham, M.
Hendriks, I.E.
Krause-Jensen, D.
Laffoley, D.
Luisetti, T.
Marbà, N.
Masque, P.
McGlathery, K.J.
Megonigal, J.P.
Murdiyarso, D.
Russell, B.D.
Santos, R.
Serrano, O.
Silliman, B.R.
Watanabe, K.
Duarte, Carlos M.
 
Subject soil organic matter
carbon
coastal areas
ecosystems
climate change
mitigation
 
Description The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon sequestration. The role of BC in climate change mitigation and adaptation has now reached international prominence. To help prioritise future research, we assembled leading experts in the field to agree upon the top-ten pending questions in BC science. Understanding how climate change affects carbon accumulation in mature BC ecosystems and during their restoration was a high priority. Controversial questions included the role of carbonate and macroalgae in BC cycling, and the degree to which greenhouse gases are released following disturbance of BC ecosystems. Scientists seek improved precision of the extent of BC ecosystems; techniques to determine BC provenance; understanding of the factors that influence sequestration in BC ecosystems, with the corresponding value of BC; and the management actions that are effective in enhancing this value. Overall this overview provides a comprehensive road map for the coming decades on future research in BC science.
 
Date 2019-09-06
2021-03-08T08:20:41Z
2021-03-08T08:20:41Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Macreadie, P.I., Anton, A., Raven, J.A., Beaumont, N., Connolly, R.M., Friess, D.A., Kelleway, J.J., Kennedy, H., Kuwae, T., Lavery, P.S., Lovelock, C.E., Smale, D.A., Apostolaki, E.T., Atwood, T.B., Baldock, J., Bianchi, T.S., Chmura, G.L., Eyre, B.D., Fourqurean, J.W., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Huxham, M., Hendriks, I.E., Krause-Jensen, D., Laffoley, D., Luisetti, T., Marbà, N., Masque, P., McGlathery, K.J., Megonigal, J.P., Murdiyarso, D., Russell, B.D., Santos, R., Serrano, O., Silliman, B.R., Watanabe, K., Duarte, C.M. 2019. The future of Blue Carbon science. Nature Communications, 2019 (10): 3998. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w
2041-1723
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112184
https://www.cifor.org/library/7393
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC