Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost

Abstract “Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) to 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration ( $$ET$$ ET ). Here, we demonstrate that co...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Ken W. Krauss, Catherine E. Lovelock, Luzhen Chen, Uta Berger, Marilyn C. Ball, Ruth Reef, Ronny Peters, Hannah Bowen, Alejandra G. Vovides, Eric J. Ward, Marie-Christin Wimmler, Joel Carr, Pete Bunting, Jamie A. Duberstein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21514-8

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