Reviews and syntheses: Hidden forests, the role of vegetated coastal habitats in the ocean carbon budget

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Abstract

Vegetated coastal habitats, including seagrass and macroalgal beds, mangrove forests and salt marshes, form highly productive ecosystems, but their contribution to the global carbon budget remains overlooked, and these forests remain
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)301-310
Number of pages10
JournalBiogeosciences
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 23 2017

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Acknowledgements: This paper conveys my lecture in accepting the Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal 2016 of the European Geophysical Union. I thank the colleagues that nominated and supported me for this award and the many colleagues that have collaborated in this research over the years, particularly Dorte Krause-Jensen, Nuria Marbá, Jack Middelburg, Jim Fourqurean, Paul Lavery, Miguel Angel Mateo, Peter Macreadie, Oscar Serrano, Pere Masqué, Inés Mazarrasa and Catherine Lovelock.

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