Weizhi Lu, Jingfeng Xiao, Haiqiang Gao, Qingyu Jia, Zhengjie Li, Jie Liang, Qinghui Xing, Dehua Mao, Hong Li, Xiaojing Chu, Hui Chen, Haiqiang Guo, Guangxuan Han, Bin Zhao, Luzhen Chen, Derrick Y F Lai, Shuguang Liu, Guanghui Lin
Coastal wetlands play an important role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentrations and contribute significantly to climate change mitigation. However, climate change, reclamation, and restoration have been causing substantial changes in coastal wetland areas and carbon exchange in China during recent decades. Here we compiled a carbon flux database consisting of 15 coastal wetland sites to assess the magnitude, patterns, and drivers of carbon fluxes and to compare fluxes among contrasting natural, disturbed, and restored wetlands...
April 2024: Global Change Biology