Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States

Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States

It remains challenging to estimate carbon accumulation rates in tidal wetlands on a scale as large as the conterminous US. Here, the authors find that mean C accumulation rates vary greatly among watershed regions but not among vegetation types, and that tidal wetlands’ C sequestration capability wi...

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Main Authors: Faming Wang, Xiaoliang Lu, Christian J. Sanders, Jianwu Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13294-z
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spelling doaj-9a92a22c5fc84c0ca854faf8ac33b0902021-05-11T11:28:47ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-11-0110111110.1038/s41467-019-13294-zTidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United StatesFaming Wang0Xiaoliang Lu1Christian J. Sanders2Jianwu Tang3Xiaoliang Research Station for Tropical Coastal Ecosystems and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesState Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F UniversityState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research and Institute of Eco-Chongming, East China Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research and Institute of Eco-Chongming, East China Normal UniversityIt remains challenging to estimate carbon accumulation rates in tidal wetlands on a scale as large as the conterminous US. Here, the authors find that mean C accumulation rates vary greatly among watershed regions but not among vegetation types, and that tidal wetlands’ C sequestration capability will remain or increase by 2100, suggesting a resilience to sea level rise.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13294-z
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title_short Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States
title_full Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States
title_fullStr Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States
title_full_unstemmed Tidal wetland resilience to sea level rise increases their carbon sequestration capacity in United States
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publishDate 2019-11-01
description It remains challenging to estimate carbon accumulation rates in tidal wetlands on a scale as large as the conterminous US. Here, the authors find that mean C accumulation rates vary greatly among watershed regions but not among vegetation types, and that tidal wetlands’ C sequestration capability will remain or increase by 2100, suggesting a resilience to sea level rise.
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