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Response of salt-marsh carbon accumulation to climate change

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  • Matthew L. Kirwan

    (University of Virginia, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, Virginia 24151, USA)

  • Simon M. Mudd

    (School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK
    Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA)

Abstract

A numerical model of salt marsh evolution shows that competition between mineral sediment deposition and organic matter accumulation determines the net impact of climate change on carbon accumulation in intertidal wetlands.

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  • Matthew L. Kirwan & Simon M. Mudd, 2012. "Response of salt-marsh carbon accumulation to climate change," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7417), pages 550-553, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7417:d:10.1038_nature11440
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11440
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    1. Kendall Valentine & Ellen R. Herbert & David C. Walters & Yaping Chen & Alexander J. Smith & Matthew L. Kirwan, 2023. "Climate-driven tradeoffs between landscape connectivity and the maintenance of the coastal carbon sink," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Mary Bryan Barksdale & Christopher J. Hein & Matthew L. Kirwan, 2023. "Shoreface erosion counters blue carbon accumulation in transgressive barrier-island systems," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.
    3. O'Meara, Theresa A. & Thornton, Peter E. & Ricciuto, Daniel M. & Noyce, Genevieve L. & Rich, Roy L. & Megonigal, J.Patrick, 2021. "Considering coasts: Adapting terrestrial models to characterize coastal wetland ecosystems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 450(C).

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