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dc.contributor.authorOuyang, Xiaoguang
dc.contributor.authorLee, Shing Yip
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-26T03:32:10Z
dc.date.available2020-06-26T03:32:10Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-019-14120-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/394951
dc.description.abstractTidal wetlands are global hotspots of carbon storage but errors exist with current estimates on their carbon density due to the use of factors estimated from other habitats for converting loss-on-ignition (LOI) to organic carbon (OC); and the omission of certain significant carbon pools. Here we show that the widely used conversion factor (LOI/OC = 1.724) is significantly lower than our measurements for saltmarsh sediments (1.92 ± 0.01) and oversimplifies the polynomial relationship between sediment OC and LOI for mangrove forests. Global mangrove OC stock in the top-meter sediment reaches 1.93 Pg when corrected for this bias, and is 20% lower than the previous estimates. Ecosystem carbon stock (living and dead biomass, sediment OC and inorganic carbon) is estimated at 3.7–6.2 Pg. Mangrove deforestation leads to carbon emission rates at 23.5–38.7 Tg yr−1 after 2000. Mangrove sediment OC stock has previously been over-estimated while ecosystem carbon stock underestimated.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom317:1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto317:7
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNature Communications
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology - Other Topics
dc.subject.keywordsMANGROVE DEFORESTATION
dc.subject.keywordsCOASTAL WETLANDS
dc.titleImproved estimates on global carbon stock and carbon pools in tidal wetlands
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOuyang, X; Lee, SY, Improved estimates on global carbon stock and carbon pools in tidal wetlands, Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), 317:1-317:7
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-12-12
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-06-26T03:23:15Z
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gro.griffith.authorLee, Joe Y.


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