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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4609-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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27 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 27 Jul 2018
| 27 Jul 2018
Seagrass community-level controls over organic carbon storage are constrained by geophysical attributes within meadows of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Elizabeth Fay Belshe
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6,
Bremen, 28359 Germany
University of Bremen, Bibliothekstrasse 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany
Dieuwke Hoeijmakers
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6,
Bremen, 28359 Germany
University of Bremen, Bibliothekstrasse 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany
Natalia Herran
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6,
Bremen, 28359 Germany
University of Bremen, Bibliothekstrasse 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany
Matern Mtolera
Institute of Marine Science, University of Dar es Salaam, Mizingani
Rd, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Mirta Teichberg
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6,
Bremen, 28359 Germany
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This work aimed to see if easy-to-measure characteristics of seagrass plants can be used to identify differences in sediment organic carbon (OC) storage. We found clear differences in three characteristics thought to influence sediment OC; however, these differences did not translate into different amounts of sediment OC, and sediment OC was very low. This highlights the complexity of OC cycling in seagrasses and cautions against the use of plant characteristics as a proxy for OC storage.
This work aimed to see if easy-to-measure characteristics of seagrass plants can be used to...
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