Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?

Macreadie, PI; Nielsen, DA; Kelleway, JJ; Atwood, TB; Seymour, JR; Petrou, K; Connolly, RM; Thomson, ACG; Trevathan-Tackett, SM; Ralph, PJ

Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?

Macreadie, PI Nielsen, DA

Kelleway, JJ

Atwood, TB Seymour, JR

Petrou, K

Connolly, RM Thomson, ACG

Trevathan-Tackett, SM

Ralph, PJ

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2017, 15 (4), pp. 206 - 213
Issue Date:: 2017-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Macreadie, PI	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nielsen, DA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-5937	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kelleway, JJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5145-9466	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Atwood, TB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Seymour, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-6541	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Petrou, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-0694	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Connolly, RM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomson, ACG https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0773-7665	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Trevathan-Tackett, SM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4977-0757	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ralph, PJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-7346	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2017, 15 (4), pp. 206 - 213	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1540-9295	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/112667
dc.description.abstract	© The Ecological Society of America To promote the sequestration of blue carbon, resource managers rely on best-management practices that have historically included protecting and restoring vegetated coastal habitats (seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves), but are now beginning to incorporate catchment-level approaches. Drawing upon knowledge from a broad range of environmental variables that influence blue carbon sequestration, including warming, carbon dioxide levels, water depth, nutrients, runoff, bioturbation, physical disturbances, and tidal exchange, we discuss three potential management strategies that hold promise for optimizing coastal blue carbon sequestration: (1) reducing anthropogenic nutrient inputs, (2) reinstating top-down control of bioturbator populations, and (3) restoring hydrology. By means of case studies, we explore how these three strategies can minimize blue carbon losses and maximize gains. A key research priority is to more accurately quantify the impacts of these strategies on atmospheric greenhouse-gas emissions in different settings at landscape scales.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE130101084
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT130100218
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/fee.1484	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Ecology	en_US
dc.title	Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	15	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - C3 - Climate Change Cluster
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	15	en_US

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© The Ecological Society of America To promote the sequestration of blue carbon, resource managers rely on best-management practices that have historically included protecting and restoring vegetated coastal habitats (seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves), but are now beginning to incorporate catchment-level approaches. Drawing upon knowledge from a broad range of environmental variables that influence blue carbon sequestration, including warming, carbon dioxide levels, water depth, nutrients, runoff, bioturbation, physical disturbances, and tidal exchange, we discuss three potential management strategies that hold promise for optimizing coastal blue carbon sequestration: (1) reducing anthropogenic nutrient inputs, (2) reinstating top-down control of bioturbator populations, and (3) restoring hydrology. By means of case studies, we explore how these three strategies can minimize blue carbon losses and maximize gains. A key research priority is to more accurately quantify the impacts of these strategies on atmospheric greenhouse-gas emissions in different settings at landscape scales.

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