Large variability in organic carbon and CaCO3 burial in seagrass meadows: a case study from three Australian estuaries

2019 ◽  
Vol 616 ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Sanders ◽  
DT Maher ◽  
JM Smoak ◽  
BD Eyre
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Seagrass Meadows

scholarly journals FATES OF ERODED SOIL ORGANIC CARBON: MISSISSIPPI BASIN CASE STUDY

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1929-1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Smith ◽  
R. O. Sleezer ◽  
W. H. Renwick ◽  
R. W. Buddemeier
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon

Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage in subtropical seagrass meadows: examples from Florida Bay and Shark Bay

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 967 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Fourqurean ◽  
Gary A. Kendrick ◽  
Laurel S. Collins ◽  
Randolph M. Chambers ◽  
Mathew A. Vanderklift
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Primary Productivity ◽  
Florida Bay ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Shark Bay ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
C Storage

Seagrass meadows in Florida Bay and Shark Bay contain substantial stores of both organic carbon and nutrients. Soils from both systems are predominantly calcium carbonate, with an average of 82.1% CaCO3 in Florida Bay compared with 71.3% in Shark Bay. Soils from Shark Bay had, on average, 21% higher organic carbon content and 35% higher phosphorus content than Florida Bay. Further, soils from Shark Bay had lower mean dry bulk density (0.78 ± 0.01 g mL–1) than those from Florida Bay (0.84 ± 0.02 mg mL–1). The most hypersaline regions of both bays had higher organic carbon content in surficial soils. Profiles of organic carbon and phosphorus from Florida Bay indicate that this system has experienced an increase in P delivery and primary productivity over the last century; in contrast, decreasing organic carbon and phosphorus with depth in the soil profiles in Shark Bay point to a decrease in phosphorus delivery and primary productivity over the last 1000 y. The total ecosystem stocks of stored organic C in Florida Bay averages 163.5 MgCorg ha–1, lower than the average of 243.0 MgCorg ha–1 for Shark Bay; but these values place Shark and Florida Bays among the global hotspots for organic C storage in coastal ecosystems.

scholarly journals Quantification and evaluation of soil organic carbon and its fractions: case study from the Classical Karst, SW Slovenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Yang ◽  
Mitja Prelovsek ◽  
Fen Huang ◽  
Chunlai Zhang ◽  
Jianhua Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Sw Slovenia
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