TY - JOUR
T1 - Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost
AU - Krauss, Ken W.
AU - Lovelock, Catherine E.
AU - Chen, Luzhen
AU - Berger, Uta
AU - Ball, Marilyn C.
AU - Reef, Ruth
AU - Peters, Ronny
AU - Bowen, Hannah
AU - Vovides, Alejandra G.
AU - Ward, Eric J.
AU - Wimmler, Marie Christin
AU - Carr, Joel
AU - Bunting, Pete
AU - Duberstein, Jamie A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the U.S. Geological Survey Climate Research and Development Program, Environments Program, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, and LandCarbon Program for providing funds to support KWK, EJW, and JC. We thank the Volkswagen Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung, grant No. 94844) for providing research support to UB, RP, HB, AV, and MCW; and UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, grant No. NE/P014127/1) for providing research support to PB and AV. This review was also in part supported by Australian Research Council awards FL20010013 (to CEL), DP180102969 (to MCB), DP150104437 (to MCB and CEL), DP1096749 (to MCB and CEL), and DP180103444 (to RER), as well as the National Natural Science Foundation of China award 42076176 (to LC). We thank Michael J. Baldwin (USGS) for assistance with WUE literature reviews and compiling MODIS satellite data. Technical Contribution No. 7090 of the Clemson University Experiment Station. This material is based in part upon work supported by the NIFA/USDA, under project number SC-1700590. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. int
Funding Information:
We thank the U.S. Geological Survey Climate Research and Development Program, Environments Program, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, and LandCarbon Program for providing funds to support KWK, EJW, and JC. We thank the Volkswagen Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung, grant No. 94844) for providing research support to UB, RP, HB, AV, and MCW; and UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, grant No. NE/P014127/1) for providing research support to PB and AV. This review was also in part supported by Australian Research Council awards FL20010013 (to CEL), DP180102969 (to MCB), DP150104437 (to MCB and CEL), DP1096749 (to MCB and CEL), and DP180103444 (to RER), as well as the National Natural Science Foundation of China award 42076176 (to LC). We thank Michael J. Baldwin (USGS) for assistance with WUEint literature reviews and compiling MODIS satellite ET \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\mathrm{ET}$$\end{document} data. Technical Contribution No. 7090 of the Clemson University Experiment Station. This material is based in part upon work supported by the NIFA/USDA, under project number SC-1700590. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - “Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) to 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration (ET). Here, we demonstrate that comparative consumptive water use by mangrove vegetation is as much as 2905 kL H2O ha−1 year−1 less than adjacent ecoregions with Ec-to-ET ratios of 47–70%. Lower porewater salinity would, however, increase mangrove Ec-to-ET ratios by affecting leaf-, tree-, and stand-level eco-physiological controls on transpiration. Restricted water use is also additive to other ecosystem services provided by mangroves, such as high carbon sequestration, coastal protection and support of biodiversity within estuarine and marine environments. Low freshwater demand enables mangroves to sustain ecological values of connected estuarine ecosystems with future reductions in freshwater while not competing with the freshwater needs of humans. Conservative water use may also be a characteristic of other emergent blue carbon wetlands.
AB - “Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) to 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration (ET). Here, we demonstrate that comparative consumptive water use by mangrove vegetation is as much as 2905 kL H2O ha−1 year−1 less than adjacent ecoregions with Ec-to-ET ratios of 47–70%. Lower porewater salinity would, however, increase mangrove Ec-to-ET ratios by affecting leaf-, tree-, and stand-level eco-physiological controls on transpiration. Restricted water use is also additive to other ecosystem services provided by mangroves, such as high carbon sequestration, coastal protection and support of biodiversity within estuarine and marine environments. Low freshwater demand enables mangroves to sustain ecological values of connected estuarine ecosystems with future reductions in freshwater while not competing with the freshwater needs of humans. Conservative water use may also be a characteristic of other emergent blue carbon wetlands.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-022-21514-8
DO - 10.1038/s41598-022-21514-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140218558
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 12
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 17636
ER -
