
Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Will stress change how much carbon they can store?
Lucy Gwen Gillis, Inés G. Viana , Carmen B. de los Santos This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology perspective article which can be found here. Per area, coastal ecosystems—such as mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes—absorb more carbon than terrestrial systems. These ecosystems are known as blue carbon ecosystems. The plants in these ecosystems have specific features called plant traits, … Continue reading Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Will stress change how much carbon they can store?