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dc.contributor.authorAdame, MF
dc.contributor.authorFry, B
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-15T03:23:33Z
dc.date.available2017-12-15T03:23:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0923-4861
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11273-015-9475-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/142677
dc.description.abstractWetlands can store large quantities of carbon (C) and are considered key sites for C sequestration. However, the C sequestration potential of wetlands is spatially and temporally variable, and depends on processes associated with C production, preservation and export. In this study, we assess the soil C sources and processes responsible for C sequestration of riverine wetlands (mangroves, peat swamp forest and marsh) of La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve (LEBR, Mexican south Pacific coast). We analysed soil C and nitrogen (N) concentrations and isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) from cores dated from the last century. We compared a range of mangrove forests in different geomorphological settings (upriver and downriver) and across a gradient from fringe to interior forests. Sources and processes related to C storage differ greatly among riverine wetlands of the Reserve. In the peat swamp forest and marsh, the soil C experienced large changes in the past century, probably due to soil decomposition, changes in plant community composition, and/or changes in C sources. In the mangroves, the dominant process for C accumulation was the burial of in situ production. The C buried in mangroves has changed little in the past 100 years, suggesting that production has been fairly constant and/or that decomposition rates in the soil are slow. Mangrove forests of LEBR, regardless of geomorphological setting, can preserve very uniform soil N and C for a century or more, consistent with efficient C storage.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom129
dc.relation.ispartofpageto137
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWetlands Ecology and Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental assessment and monitoring
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleSource and stability of soil carbon in mangrove and freshwater wetlands of the Mexican Pacific coast
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Wetlands Ecology and Management, April 2016, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp 129–137. Wetlands Ecology and Management is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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gro.griffith.authorFry, Brian D.
gro.griffith.authorAdame Vivanco, Fernanda


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