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SUBMITTER: Elwin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6892841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elwin Angie A Bukoski Jacob J JJ Jintana Vipak V Robinson Elizabeth J Z EJZ Clark Joanna M JM
Scientific reports 20191204 1
Mangrove forests capture and store exceptionally large amounts of carbon and are increasingly recognised as an important ecosystem for carbon sequestration. Yet land-use change in the tropics threatens this ecosystem and its critical 'blue carbon' (carbon stored in marine and coastal habitats) stores. The expansion of shrimp aquaculture is among the major causes of mangrove loss globally. Here, we assess the impact of mangrove to shrimp pond conversion on ecosystem carbon stocks, and carbon loss ...[more]