The conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, both for local societies and for humankind worldwide. While the co-benefit of climate change mitigation through so called blue carbon storage in coastal ecosystems has raised increasing interest in mangroves, the relevance of multifaceted biodiversity as a driver of carbon storage remains unclear. Sediment salinity, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and functional distinctiveness together explain 69%, 69%, 27% and 61% of the variation in above- and belowground plant biomass carbon, sediment organic carbon and total ecosystem carbon storage, respectively, in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. Functional distinctiveness had the strongest explanatory power for carbon storage, indicating that blue carbon in mangroves is driven by the functional composition of diverse tree assemblages. Protecting and restoring mangrove biodiversity with site-specific dominant species and other species of contrasting functional traits would have the co-benefit of maximizing their capacity for climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage.
Rahman M.M., Zimmer M., Ahmed I., Donato D., Kanzaki M. and Xu M. (2021) Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage. Nature Communications 12: 3875. 10.1038/s41467-021-24207-4
@article{Rahman2021,
Title = {Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage},
Author = {Rahman, Md Mizanur and Zimmer, Martin and Ahmed, Imran and Donato, Daniel and Kanzaki, Mamoru and Xu, Ming},
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Journal = {Nature Communications},
Year = {2021},
Pages = {3875},
Volume = {12},
Doi = {10.1038/s41467-021-24207-4},
Abstract = {The conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, both for local societies and for humankind worldwide. While the co-benefit of climate change mitigation through so called blue carbon storage in coastal ecosystems has raised increasing interest in mangroves, the relevance of multifaceted biodiversity as a driver of carbon storage remains unclear. Sediment salinity, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and functional distinctiveness together explain 69%, 69%, 27% and 61% of the variation in above- and belowground plant biomass carbon, sediment organic carbon and total ecosystem carbon storage, respectively, in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. Functional distinctiveness had the strongest explanatory power for carbon storage, indicating that blue carbon in mangroves is driven by the functional composition of diverse tree assemblages. Protecting and restoring mangrove biodiversity with site-specific dominant species and other species of contrasting functional traits would have the co-benefit of maximizing their capacity for climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage.},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Rahman, Md Mizanur
AU - Zimmer, Martin
AU - Ahmed, Imran
AU - Donato, Daniel
AU - Kanzaki, Mamoru
AU - Xu, Ming
TI - Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage
T2 - Nature Communications
PY - 2021
SP - 3875
VL - 12
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-24207-4
AB - The conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, both for local societies and for humankind worldwide. While the co-benefit of climate change mitigation through so called blue carbon storage in coastal ecosystems has raised increasing interest in mangroves, the relevance of multifaceted biodiversity as a driver of carbon storage remains unclear. Sediment salinity, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and functional distinctiveness together explain 69%, 69%, 27% and 61% of the variation in above- and belowground plant biomass carbon, sediment organic carbon and total ecosystem carbon storage, respectively, in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. Functional distinctiveness had the strongest explanatory power for carbon storage, indicating that blue carbon in mangroves is driven by the functional composition of diverse tree assemblages. Protecting and restoring mangrove biodiversity with site-specific dominant species and other species of contrasting functional traits would have the co-benefit of maximizing their capacity for climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage.
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