Connected macroalgal‐sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean

Moura Queirós, Ana; Stephens, Nicholas; Widdicombe, Stephen; Tait, Karen; J. McCoy, Sophie; Ingels, Jeroen; Rühl, Saskia; Airs, Ruth; Beesley, Amanda; Carnovale, Giorgia; Cazenave, Pierre; Dashfield, Sarah; Hua, Er; Jones, Mark; Lindeque, Penelope; L. McNeill, Caroline; Nunes, Joana; Parry, Helen; Pascoe, Christine; Widdicombe, Claire; Smyth, Tim; Atkinson, Angus; Krause‐Jensen, Dorte; J. Somerfield, Paul

doi:10.1002/ecm.1366

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Connected macroalgal‐sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean

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Authors:

Ana Moura Queirós

Nicholas Stephens

Stephen Widdicombe

Abstract

Abstract Macroalgae drive the largest CO 2 flux fixed globally by marine macrophytes. Most of the resulting biomass is exported through the coastal ocean as detritus and yet almost no field measurements have verified its potential net sequestration in marine sediments. This gap limits the scope for ...

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