Reviews and syntheses: Spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass metabolic fluxes

Ward, Melissa; Kindinger, Tye L.; Hirsh, Heidi K.; Hill, Tessa M.; Jellison, Brittany M.; Lummis, Sarah; Rivest, Emily B.; Waldbusser, George G.; Gaylord, Brian; Kroeker, Kristy J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-689-2022

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-689-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-689-2022

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Reviews and syntheses

|

03 Feb 2022

Reviews and syntheses |

| 03 Feb 2022

Reviews and syntheses: Spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass metabolic fluxes

Melissa Ward, Tye L. Kindinger, Heidi K. Hirsh, Tessa M. Hill, Brittany M. Jellison, Sarah Lummis, Emily B. Rivest, George G. Waldbusser, Brian Gaylord, and Kristy J. Kroeker

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-689-2022-supplement

Data sets

Reviews and syntheses: Spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass metabolic fluxes M. Ward, T. Kindinger, H. Hirsh, M. Hill, B. Jellison, S. Lummis, E. Rivest, G. Waldbusser, B Gaylord, and K. Kroeker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5834528

Model code and software

Reviews and syntheses: Spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass metabolic fluxes M. Ward, T. Kindinger, H. Hirsh, M. Hill, B. Jellison, S. Lummis, E. Rivest, G. Waldbusser, B Gaylord, and K. Kroeker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5834528

Short summary

Here, we synthesize the results from 62 studies reporting in situ rates of seagrass metabolism to highlight spatial and temporal variability in oxygen fluxes and inform efforts to use seagrass to mitigate ocean acidification. Our analyses suggest seagrass meadows are generally autotrophic and variable in space and time, and the effects on seawater oxygen are relatively small in magnitude.