Warming enhances carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from Red Sea seagrass (<i>Halophila stipulacea</i>) sediments

Burkholz, Celina; Garcias-Bonet, Neus; Duarte, Carlos M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1717-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1717-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1717-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

Research article

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03 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2020

Warming enhances carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from Red Sea seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) sediments

Celina Burkholz, Neus Garcias-Bonet, and Carlos M. Duarte

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RC1: 'Marine biogeochemistry', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Authors' response_Referee #1', Celina Burkholz, 28 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review report of the paper entitled “Warming enhances carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from Red Sea seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) sediments” submitted by Celina Burkholz et al to Biogeosciences', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2019
- AC2: 'Authors' response_Referee #2', Celina Burkholz, 28 Oct 2019

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Oct 2019) by Aninda Mazumdar

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Dec 2019) by Aninda Mazumdar

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish as is (02 Mar 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

AR by Celina Burkholz on behalf of the Authors (03 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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Seagrass meadows store carbon in their biomass and sediments, but they have also been shown to be sources of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄). We experimentally investigated the effect of warming and prolonged darkness on CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes in Red Sea seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) communities. Our results indicated that sublethal warming may lead to increased emissions of greenhouse gases from seagrass meadows which may contribute to further enhance global warming.