Tropical forests as drivers of lake carbon burial

Leonardo Amora-Nogueira, Christian J. Sanders, Alex Enrich-Prast (), Luciana Silva Monteiro Sanders, Rodrigo Coutinho Abuchacra, Patricia F. Moreira-Turcq, Renato Campello Cordeiro, Vincent Gauci, Luciane Silva Moreira, Fausto Machado-Silva, Renata Libonati, Thairiny Fonseca, Cristiane Nunes Francisco and Humberto Marotta ()
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Leonardo Amora-Nogueira: Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF)
Christian J. Sanders: Southern Cross University
Alex Enrich-Prast: Linköping University
Luciana Silva Monteiro Sanders: Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF)
Rodrigo Coutinho Abuchacra: Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF)
Patricia F. Moreira-Turcq: Geosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET)
Renato Campello Cordeiro: Fluminense Federal University
Vincent Gauci: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Luciane Silva Moreira: Fluminense Federal University
Fausto Machado-Silva: University of Toledo
Renata Libonati: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Thairiny Fonseca: Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF)
Cristiane Nunes Francisco: Fluminense Federal University
Humberto Marotta: Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF)

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract A significant proportion of carbon (C) captured by terrestrial primary production is buried in lacustrine ecosystems, which have been substantially affected by anthropogenic activities globally. However, there is a scarcity of sedimentary organic carbon (OC) accumulation information for lakes surrounded by highly productive rainforests at warm tropical latitudes, or in response to land cover and climate change. Here, we combine new data from intensive campaigns spanning 13 lakes across remote Amazonian regions with a broad literature compilation, to produce the first spatially-weighted global analysis of recent OC burial in lakes (over ~50-100-years) that integrates both biome type and forest cover. We find that humid tropical forest lake sediments are a disproportionately important global OC sink of 7.4 Tg C yr−1 with implications for climate change. Further, we demonstrate that temperature and forest conservation are key factors in maintaining massive organic carbon pools in tropical lacustrine sediments.

Date: 2022
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