Contribution of unvegetated tidal flats to coastal carbon flux

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 3443 - 3454
• Main Authors: Lin, Wei‐Jen, Wu, Jihua, Lin, Hsing‐Juh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: benthic metabolism; Benthos; Biological Sciences; blue carbon; carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Coastal ecology; Emissions; gross primary production; gross primary productivity; human development; Intertidal environment; Intertidal zone; Land cover; Land use; land use change; latitudinal gradient; Latitudinal variations; littoral zone; microphytobenthos; net primary production; Net Primary Productivity; Primary production; respiration; Sediment; Sediment temperature; sediments; Summer; temperature; temporal variation; Temporal variations; Tidal flats; Winter; land-use change; microphytobenthos; respiration; benthic metabolism; blue carbon; latitudinal gradient; gross primary production; net primary production

Unvegetated flats occupy a large area in the intertidal zone. However, compared to vegetated areas, the carbon sequestration of unvegetated tidal flats is rarely quantified, even though these areas are highly threatened by human development and climate change. We determined benthic maximum gross pri...