Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1111/gcb.15204 |
Seagrass losses since mid‐20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks | |
Cristian Salinas; Carlos M. Duarte; Paul S. Lavery; Pere Masque; Ariane Arias‐; Ortiz; Javier X. Leon; David Callaghan; Gary A. Kendrick; Oscar Serrano | |
2020-07-07 | |
发表期刊 | Global Change Biology |
出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | Seagrass meadows store globally significant organic carbon (Corg) stocks which, if disturbed, can lead to CO2 emissions, contributing to climate change. Eutrophication and thermal stress continue to be a major cause of seagrass decline worldwide, but the associated CO2 emissions remain poorly understood. This study presents comprehensive estimates of seagrass soil Corg erosion following eutrophication‐driven seagrass loss in Cockburn Sound (23 km2 between 1960s and 1990s) and identifies the main drivers. We estimate that shallow seagrass meadows (<5 m depth) had significantly higher Corg stocks in 50 cm thick soils (4.5 ± 0.7 kg Corg/m2) than previously vegetated counterparts (0.5 ± 0.1 kg Corg/m2). In deeper areas (>5 m), however, soil Corg stocks in seagrass and bare but previously vegetated areas were not significantly different (2.6 ± 0.3 and 3.0 ± 0.6 kg Corg/m2, respectively). The soil Corg sequestration capacity prevailed in shallow and deep vegetated areas (55 ± 11 and 21 ± 7 g Corg m−2 year−1, respectively), but was lost in bare areas. We identified that seagrass canopy loss alone does not necessarily drive changes in soil Corg but, when combined with high hydrodynamic energy, significant erosion occurred. Our estimates point at ~0.20 m/s as the critical shear velocity threshold causing soil Corg erosion. We estimate, from field studies and satellite imagery, that soil Corg erosion (within the top 50 cm) following seagrass loss likely resulted in cumulative emissions of 0.06–0.14 Tg CO2‐eq over the last 40 years in Cockburn Sound. We estimated that indirect impacts (i.e. eutrophication, thermal stress and light stress) causing the loss of ~161,150 ha of seagrasses in Australia, likely resulted in the release of 11–21 Tg CO2‐eq since the 1950s, increasing cumulative CO2 emissions from land‐use change in Australia by 1.1%–2.3% per annum. The patterns described serve as a baseline to estimate potential CO2 emissions following disturbance of seagrass meadows. |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/282673 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cristian Salinas,Carlos M. Duarte,Paul S. Lavery,等. Seagrass losses since mid‐20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks[J]. Global Change Biology,2020. |
APA | Cristian Salinas.,Carlos M. Duarte.,Paul S. Lavery.,Pere Masque.,Ariane Arias‐.,...&Oscar Serrano.(2020).Seagrass losses since mid‐20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks.Global Change Biology. |
MLA | Cristian Salinas,et al."Seagrass losses since mid‐20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks".Global Change Biology (2020). |
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