Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposition.

Cycling of organic carbon in the ocean has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate global climate change, but major questions remain about the environmental controls on organic carbon flux in the coastal zone. Here, we used a field experiment distributed across 28° of latitude, and the entire range...

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Main Authors: Karen Filbee-Dexter, Colette J Feehan, Dan A Smale, Kira A Krumhansl, Skye Augustine, Florian de Bettignies, Michael T Burrows, Jarrett E K Byrnes, Jillian Campbell, Dominique Davoult, Kenneth H Dunton, João N Franco, Ignacio Garrido, Sean P Grace, Kasper Hancke, Ladd E Johnson, Brenda Konar, Pippa J Moore, Kjell Magnus Norderhaug, Alasdair O'Dell, Morten F Pedersen, Anne K Salomon, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Scott Tiegs, Dara Yiu, Thomas Wernberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001702