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Articles | Volume 23, issue 13
Articles | Volume 23, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-4583-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-4583-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 13
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06 Jul 2026
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Livestock grazing, plant community and abiotic factors shape blue carbon stocks in Nordic coastal marshes

Anaïs Richard, Carmen Leiva-Dueñas, Christoffer Boström, Beke K. Eichert, Annie Garnell, Nadja H. Nijm, Line Holm Andersen, Kai Jensen, Heli Jutila, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Nathalie Labourdette, Marianna Lanari, Ella L. Logemann, Katrin Moeller, Mikael von Numers, Gry Frederiksberg, Sofia A. Wikström, Cintia Organo Quintana, Gary Thomas Banta, and Johan S. Eklöf

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Coastal marshes play an important role in climate regulation and ecosystem services. This study provides the first large-scale assessment of carbon storage in Nordic coastal marshes, a region currently underrepresented in global blue carbon datasets. It shows how grazing management and environmental conditions jointly influence carbon storage and vegetation structure.
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Coastal marshes store high amounts of carbon but remain understudied in Nordic region. We measured organic carbon stored in plants and soil across grazed and ungrazed marshes along environmental gradients. Livestock grazing limited reed dominance, reduced aboveground carbon and altered roots allocation. Soil carbon was mainly controlled by soil properties rather than grazing at large scale. Our results show how grazing and environmental conditions jointly shape carbon storage in coastal marshes.
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