
The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 969, С. 178929 - 178929
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025
Despite exponential increase in global blue carbon studies over the last decade, critical knowledge gaps remain regarding role of drivers such as seascape connectivity that mediate storage tropical saltmarsh ecosystems. The present study addresses this gap by investigating how seascape-level drivers, specifically between ecosystems, sediment traits and plant biomass, influence stocks, connected versus individual (Porteresia coarctata Myrostachia wightiana) meadows. This compared meadows (adjacent to mangroves) with across four locations assessed their (C) nitrogen (N) content sediment, various C stocks. Stable isotopes tracers (13C 15N) were used determine contribution from autochthonous allochthonous sources. Connectivity resulted increased shoot density, biomass 1.7-fold 1.5-fold respectively than 2.3-fold higher Corg stocks (sediment + biomass) below -ground pool 2 10 %, whereas combined mangrove leaf was 7.8 26.8 % both species probably depending on litterfall organic matter trapping efficiency these species. underscores positive mangroves enhancing
Язык: Английский