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Research article
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16 May 2024
Research article |  | 16 May 2024

Factors controlling spatiotemporal variability of soil carbon accumulation and stock estimates in a tidal salt marsh

Sean Fettrow, Andrew Wozniak, Holly A. Michael, and Angelia L. Seyfferth

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Salt marshes play a big role in global carbon (C) storage, and C stock estimates are used to predict future changes. However, spatial and temporal gradients in C burial rates over the landscape exist due to variations in water inundation, dominant plant species and stage of growth, and tidal action. We quantified soil C concentrations in soil cores across time and space beside several porewater biogeochemical variables and discussed the controls on variability in soil C in salt marsh ecosystems.
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