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Mangroves

Appears in 1 process and 2 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Estuaries and coasts: mixing, sediment trapping, blue carbon and shoreline change

2 steps

Tidal wetlands trap sediment and organic carbon on each inundation, burying blue carbon far faster per hectare than forests despite 1-2 orders of magnitude smal
Mangroves cover only 0.5% of the coastal area yet bury about 24 Tg C a year, 10-15% of coastal sediment carbon storage, and export 10-11% of particulate terrest

Often found with

Organic carbon 2 Coastal wetlands 1 Salt marshes 1 Sediment 1 Sediment 1

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