Seagrass blue carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the Colombian Caribbean

Abstract Seagrass ecosystems rank amongst the most efficient natural carbon sinks on earth, sequestering CO2 through photosynthesis and storing organic carbon (Corg) underneath their soils for millennia and thereby, mitigating climate change. However, estimates of Corg stocks and accumulation rates...

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Main Authors: Oscar Serrano, Diana Isabel Gómez-López, Laura Sánchez-Valencia, Andres Acosta-Chaparro, Raul Navas-Camacho, Juan González-Corredor, Cristian Salinas, Pere Masque, Cesar A. Bernal, Núria Marbà
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90544-5