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Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

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  • Trisha B. Atwood

    (Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
    Utah State University)

  • Rod M. Connolly

    (Australian Rivers Institute – Coast & Estuaries, and School of Environment, Griffith University)

  • Euan G. Ritchie

    (Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University)

  • Catherine E. Lovelock

    (Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland)

  • Michael R. Heithaus

    (Florida International University)

  • Graeme C. Hays

    (Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University
    Swansea University)

  • James W. Fourqurean

    (Florida International University
    School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia)

  • Peter I. Macreadie

    (Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University
    Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney)

Abstract

This Perspective considers the influence of marine predators on carbon cycling in salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and mangroves, and the potential role that these carbon-rich vegetated coastal ecosystems could play in climate change mitigation.

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  • Trisha B. Atwood & Rod M. Connolly & Euan G. Ritchie & Catherine E. Lovelock & Michael R. Heithaus & Graeme C. Hays & James W. Fourqurean & Peter I. Macreadie, 2015. "Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(12), pages 1038-1045, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:12:d:10.1038_nclimate2763
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2763
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    1. Changping Zhao & Maliyamu Sadula & Xiangmeng Huang & Yali Yang & Yu Gong & Shuai Yang, 2022. "The Game Model of Blue Carbon Collaboration along MSR—From the Regret Theory Perspective," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-15, March.

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