Mediterranean seagrasses as carbon sinks:  methodological and regional differences

Hendriks, Iris E.; Escolano-Moltó, Anna; Flecha, Susana; Vaquer-Sunyer, Raquel; Wesselmann, Marlene; Marbà, Núria

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4619-2022

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4619-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4619-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

Research article

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28 Sep 2022

Research article |

| 28 Sep 2022

Mediterranean seagrasses as carbon sinks: methodological and regional differences

Iris E. Hendriks, Anna Escolano-Moltó, Susana Flecha, Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer, Marlene Wesselmann, and Núria Marbà

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4619-2022-supplement

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Mediterranean seagrasses as carbon sinks: Methodological and regional differences Iris E. Hendriks, Anna Escolano-Moltó, Susana Flecha, Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer, Marlene Wesselmann, Núria Marbà https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/263004

Model code and software

Modified matlab model based on Cole et al. (2000) P. Agueda, I.E. Hendriks, S. Flecha, B. Jorda https://github.com/PAgueda/Code

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Summary Metabolic rates Posidonia and Cymodocea I. E. Hendriks https://youtu.be/z3LdT7LaN6w

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Seagrasses are marine plants with the capacity to act as carbon sinks due to their high primary productivity, using carbon for growth. This capacity can play a key role in climate change mitigation. We compiled and published data showing that two Mediterranean seagrass species have different metabolic rates, while the study method influences the rates of the measurements. Most communities act as carbon sinks, while the western basin might be more productive than the eastern Mediterranean.