Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Academic publication

Sediment carbon and nutrient fluxes from cleared and intact temperate mangrove ecosystems and adjacent sandflats

Bulmer RH, Schwendenmann L, Lohrer AM and Lundquist CJ (2017) Science of The Total Environment 599–600(Supplement C):1874

Highlights

In situ chambers were used to measure nutrient and CO₂ fluxes from cleared mangroves.
Low sediment-water inorganic nutrient fluxes were measured from cleared mangroves.
Low nutrient fluxes were related to sediment grainsize and macrofaunal abundance.
Higher CO₂ efflux was related to increased dead root mass and sediment disturbance.

Keywords

Dissolved inorganic nutrients, Sediment CO₂ efflux, Macrofauna, Avicennia, Dissolved oxygen, In-situ chambers

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