Understanding Coastal Carbon Cycling by Linking Top- Down and Bottom-Up Approaches

Authors

Jordan G. Barr, South Florida National Resource Center, Everglades National ParkFollow
Tiffany Troxler-Gann, Southeast Environmental Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International UniversityFollow
Raymond G. Najjar, Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

The coastal zone, despite occupying a small fraction of the Earth's surface area, is an important component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Coastal wetlands, including mangrove forests, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows, compose a domain of large reservoirs of biomass and soil C [Fourqurean et al., 2012; Donato et al., 2011; Pendleton et al., 2012; Regnier et al., 2013; Bauer et al.,2013]. These wetlands and their associated C reservoirs (2 to 25 petagrams C; best estimate of 7 petagrams C [Pendleton et al., 2012]) provide numerous ecosystem services and serve as key links between land and ocean.

Comments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DEB-1237517, #DBI-0620409, and #DEB-9910514. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Recommended Citation

Barr, J.G., T. Troxler, R.G. Najjar. 2014. Understanding Coastal Carbon Cycling by Linking Top- Down and Bottom-Up Approaches. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 95: 315. DOI:10.1002/2014EO350004