Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

Trisha B. Atwood (), Rod M. Connolly, Euan G. Ritchie, Catherine E. Lovelock, Michael R. Heithaus, Graeme C. Hays, James W. Fourqurean and Peter I. Macreadie
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Trisha B. Atwood: Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
Rod M. Connolly: Australian Rivers Institute – Coast & Estuaries, and School of Environment, Griffith University
Euan G. Ritchie: Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University
Catherine E. Lovelock: Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
Michael R. Heithaus: Florida International University
Graeme C. Hays: Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University
James W. Fourqurean: Florida International University
Peter I. Macreadie: Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 12, 1038-1045

Abstract: This Perspective considers the influence of marine predators on carbon cycling in salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and mangroves, and the potential role that these carbon-rich vegetated coastal ecosystems could play in climate change mitigation.

Date: 2015
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