Impact of Ocean Plants on Atmosphere
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 723
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global greenhouse gas concentrations (CO2 and CH4) have reached high levels. Coastal plant ecosystems (including seagrass beds, mangrove, salt marsh, etc.) commonly referred to as 'blue carbon' have high primary productivity and act as carbon sinks. CO2 will be bound to primary producers in blue carbon ecosystems and converted into body tissue biomass through photosynthesis, where it is then sequestrated in sediment for a long period of time through a series of physical, chemical and biological processes. However, plants might enhance CH4 emission due to their abundant organic matter input and the formation of an anaerobic environment in sediment. Further, the CO2 and CH4 flux between ecosystems and the atmosphere are influenced by many environmental factors, for e.g., tidal immersion, solar radiation, temperature, terrestrial river input, et. The significant lack of case studies on the greenhouse gas flux between blue carbon ecosystems and the atmosphere limits our capacity to formulate strategies to mitigate climate change.
Dr. Songlin Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blue carbon
- CO2 flux
- CH4 flux
- carbon sequestration
- influence factors
- climate change
