TY - JOUR
T1 - Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses
AU - Atwood, Trisha B.
AU - Connolly, Rod M.
AU - Almahasheer, Hanan
AU - Carnell, Paul E.
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
AU - Lewis, Carolyn J. Ewers
AU - Irigoien, Xabier
AU - Kelleway, Jeffrey J.
AU - Lavery, Paul S.
AU - Macreadie, Peter I.
AU - Serrano, Oscar
AU - Sanders, Christian J.
AU - Santos, Isaac
AU - Steven, Andrew D.L.
AU - Lovelock, Catherine E.
PY - 2017/6/30
Y1 - 2017/6/30
N2 - 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 CO2 e yr-1. Countries with the highest potential CO2 emissions from soils are Indonesia (3,410 Gg CO2 e yr-1) and Malaysia (1,288 Gg CO2 e 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.
AB - 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 CO2 e yr-1. Countries with the highest potential CO2 emissions from soils are Indonesia (3,410 Gg CO2 e yr-1) and Malaysia (1,288 Gg CO2 e 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021761482&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE130101084
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE170101524
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP160100242
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE140100083
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103286
U2 - 10.1038/nclimate3326
DO - 10.1038/nclimate3326
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021761482
SN - 1758-678X
VL - 7
SP - 523
EP - 528
JO - Nature Climate Change
JF - Nature Climate Change
IS - 7
ER -