| Literature DB >> 31488846 |
Peter I Macreadie1, Andrea Anton2, John A Raven3,4,5, Nicola Beaumont6, Rod M Connolly7, Daniel A Friess8, Jeffrey J Kelleway9, Hilary Kennedy10, Tomohiro Kuwae11, Paul S Lavery12, Catherine E Lovelock13, Dan A Smale14, Eugenia T Apostolaki15, Trisha B Atwood16, Jeff Baldock17, Thomas S Bianchi18, Gail L Chmura19, Bradley D Eyre20, James W Fourqurean5,21, Jason M Hall-Spencer22,23, Mark Huxham24, Iris E Hendriks25, Dorte Krause-Jensen26,27, Dan Laffoley28, Tiziana Luisetti29, Núria Marbà25, Pere Masque12,30,31, Karen J McGlathery32, J Patrick Megonigal33, Daniel Murdiyarso34,35, Bayden D Russell36, Rui Santos37, Oscar Serrano12, Brian R Silliman38, Kenta Watanabe11, Carlos M Duarte2.
Abstract
The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon sequestration. The role of BC in climate change mitigation and adaptation has now reached international prominence. To help prioritise future research, we assembled leading experts in the field to agree upon the top-ten pending questions in BC science. Understanding how climate change affects carbon accumulation in mature BC ecosystems and during their restoration was a high priority. Controversial questions included the role of carbonate and macroalgae in BC cycling, and the degree to which greenhouse gases are released following disturbance of BC ecosystems. Scientists seek improved precision of the extent of BC ecosystems; techniques to determine BC provenance; understanding of the factors that influence sequestration in BC ecosystems, with the corresponding value of BC; and the management actions that are effective in enhancing this value. Overall this overview provides a comprehensive road map for the coming decades on future research in BC science.Entities:
Year: 2019 PMID： 31488846 PMCID： PMC6728345 DOI： 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Commun ISSN： 2041-1723 Impact factor: 14.919