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Land use impacts on benthic bioturbation potential and carbon burial in Brazilian mangrove ecosystems
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Land use impacts on benthic bioturbation potential and carbon burial in Brazilian mangrove ecosystems

Angelo F Bernardino, Christian J Sanders, Lorena B Bissoli, Luiz Eduardo de O Gomes, J. Boone Kauffman and Tiago O Ferreira
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol.65(10), pp.2366-2376
10/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11458
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Abstract

The potential of Blue Carbon as an integral part of global climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies requires quantification of drivers and rates of organic carbon (OC) burial and storage. However, there is limited recognition of how land use impacts benthic assemblages, their bioturbation potential, and OC burial in mangrove forests and tidal flats. Here we evaluated the effects of mangrove deforestation on benthic bioturbation potential (BPc), sediment accretion rates (SARs), and OC and total nitrogen (TN) burial in mangrove soils and tidal flat sediments from three estuaries in tropical Brazil. SARs based on 210Pb dating varied significantly among undisturbed estuaries (2.1–18.6 mm yr−1) and the OC and TN burial rates were respectively 46% and 16% higher than global averages. The cleared mangrove sites had a twofold lower SAR, 40‐fold lower OC burial, and over 100‐fold lower TN burial when compared to undisturbed forests, revealing the pervasive impacts of land use. Variation in benthic assemblage structure and BPc among sites suggests that the composition and activity of macrofaunal communities may facilitate OC burial in some cases, yet the global extent and significance of bioturbation requires further study. Our work reveals a strong spatial variability in C burial in undisturbed mangrove forests and a decreased capacity of mangroves to accumulate C and sediments due to land use effects.

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