Pelagic Sargassum as an emerging vector of high rate carbonate sediment import to tropical Atlantic coastlines

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 195; p. 103332
• Main Authors: Salter, Michael A., Rodríguez-Martínez, Rosa E., Álvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Jordán-Dahlgren, Eric, Perry, Chris T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Atlantic Ocean; Bryozoa; calcium carbonate; Caribbean; Caribbean Sea; Coastal sediment supply; coastal sediments; coastal water; coasts; confidence interval; epiphytes; Macroalgal bloom; Marine carbonates; Mexico; Rhodophyta; Sargassum; Sargassum epiphyte communities; seagrasses; shorelines; socioeconomics; Tropical sediment sources; Caribbean; Mexico; Atlantic Ocean; Sargassum epiphyte communities; Marine carbonates; Coastal sediment supply; Caribbean Sea; Tropical sediment sources; Macroalgal bloom

Since 2011, pelagic Sargassum has inundated Caribbean, West African, and northern Brazilian shorelines in increasing volumes. These events are linked to the emergence of a major new Sargassum bloom region in the Atlantic Ocean, and annual high-volume Sargassum beachings are seemingly becoming an est...