Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 17636 - 12
• Main Authors: Krauss, Ken W., Lovelock, Catherine E., Chen, Luzhen, Berger, Uta, Ball, Marilyn C., Reef, Ruth, Peters, Ronny, Bowen, Hannah, Vovides, Alejandra G., Ward, Eric J., Wimmler, Marie-Christin, Carr, Joel, Bunting, Pete, Duberstein, Jamie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.10.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158/2454; 704/158/2455; 704/158/4016; Biodiversity; Carbon; Carbon Sequestration; Coastal zone management; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Environmental protection; Estuarine ecosystems; Evapotranspiration; Fresh Water; Freshwater ecosystems; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Mangroves; Marine environment; multidisciplinary; Pore water; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Transpiration; Vegetation; Water; Water use; Wetlands

“Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) to 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration ( ET ). Here, we demonstrate that comparative consum...