Stable isotopes track the ecological and biogeochemical legacy of mass mangrove forest dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Harada, Yota; Connolly, Rod M.; Fry, Brian; Maher, Damien T.; Sippo, James Z.; Jeffrey, Luke C.; Bourke, Adam J.; Lee, Shing Yip

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5599-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5599-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5599-2020

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 22

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18 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2020

Stable isotopes track the ecological and biogeochemical legacy of mass mangrove forest dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Yota Harada, Rod M. Connolly, Brian Fry, Damien T. Maher, James Z. Sippo, Luke C. Jeffrey, Adam J. Bourke, and Shing Yip Lee

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RC1: 'Comment for Harada et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Mar 2020
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RC2: 'Overall comments', Martin Zimmer, 03 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewers', Yota Harada, 24 Jun 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Aug 2020) by Yakov Kuzyakov

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Sep 2020) by Yakov Kuzyakov

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ED: Publish as is (04 Oct 2020) by Yakov Kuzyakov

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In 2015–2016, an extensive area of mangroves along ~ 1000 km of coastline in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, experienced dieback as a result of a climatic extreme event that included drought conditions and low sea levels. Multiannual field campaigns conducted from 2016 to 2018 show substantial recovery of the mangrove vegetation. However, stable isotopes suggest long-lasting changes in carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycling following the dieback.