Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage

Conserving mangrove biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, including climate change-mitigation. Here the authors demonstrate that blue carbon storage in mangroves can be best sustained by combining site-specific dominant species with other species with contrasting functional traits.

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Auteurs principaux: Md Mizanur Rahman, Martin Zimmer, Imran Ahmed, Daniel Donato, Mamoru Kanzaki, Ming Xu
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/41dac10fc64a47468d6165af48c3f26a
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Résumé:Conserving mangrove biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, including climate change-mitigation. Here the authors demonstrate that blue carbon storage in mangroves can be best sustained by combining site-specific dominant species with other species with contrasting functional traits.