Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-423-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-423-2020
Research article
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29 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2020

Anomalies in the carbonate system of Red Sea coastal habitats

Kimberlee Baldry, Vincent Saderne, Daniel C. McCorkle, James H. Churchill, Susana Agusti, and Carlos M. Duarte

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The carbon cycling of coastal ecosystems over large spatial scales is not well measured relative to the open ocean. In this study we measure the carbonate system in the three habitats, to measure ecosystem-driven changes compared to offshore waters. We find (1) 70 % of seagrass meadows and mangrove forests show large ecosystem-driven changes, and (2) mangrove forests show strong and consistent trends over large scales, while seagrass meadows display more variability.
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