Variability in the carbon storage of seagrass habitats and its implications for global estimates of blue carbon ecosystem service.

The recent focus on carbon trading has intensified interest in 'Blue Carbon'-carbon sequestered by coastal vegetated ecosystems, particularly seagrasses. Most information on seagrass carbon storage is derived from studies of a single species, Posidonia oceanica, from the Mediterranean Sea....

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Main Authors: Paul S Lavery, Miguel-Ángel Mateo, Oscar Serrano, Mohammad Rozaimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764034?pdf=render