Organic Carbon Biomass, Burial, and Biogeochemistry in Blue Carbon Ecosystems along the South Florida coast: Climate change and Anthropogenic Influences

Coastal wetlands store disproportionately large amounts of C due to high rates of net primary productivity and slow microbial degradation of organic matter in water-saturated soils. Wide spatial and temporal variability in plant communities and soil biogeochemistry necessitate location-specific quantification of carbon (C) stocks to improve current wetland C inventories and future projections. We propose using in situ field efforts, remote sensing technology, and models to quantify regional C storage and model future spatial variability of C stocks in mangroves and coastal marshes in Southwest Florida

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