Reviews and syntheses: Hidden forests, the role of vegetated coastal habitats in the ocean carbon budget

Vegetated coastal habitats, including seagrass and macroalgal beds, mangrove forests and salt marshes, form highly productive ecosystems, but their contribution to the global carbon budget remains overlooked, and these forests remain <q>hidden</q> in representations of the global carbon...

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Main Author: C. M. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/301/2017/bg-14-301-2017.pdf