Influence of Vegetation Coverage on Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Seagrass Bed in the Seto Inland Sea: Possible Effects on Fish Nursery Function

Shoji, Jun; Tomiyama, Takeshi

doi:10.1007/s12237-023-01205-x

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“…In comparison to aquatic ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, tidal flats, salt marshes and wetlands, mangrove adjacent waters show characteristic patterns of variation in dissolved oxygen (DO) and carbonate chemistry parameters (pCO 2 , DIC, TA). In the aquatic ecosystems, DO has a daytime maximum and a nighttime minimum due to photosynthesis and respiration by abundant organisms [19][20][21]. In contrast, in mangrove adjacent waters, DO and carbonate chemistry parameters vary in response to tidal levels [22][23][24][25].…”

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A Tidal Flat Adjacent to a Fringe Mangrove Forest Mitigates pCO2 Increases and Enhances Lateral Export of Dissolved Carbon

Nakamura,

Wang,

Ono

et al. 2023

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Carbon export from mangrove forests to the oceans partly acts as a sink for atmospheric CO2, exceeding the rate of carbon burial in mangrove soils. Primary production in ecosystems adjacent to mangroves may prevent degassing and enhance further carbon export from mangroves to the oceans. In this study, we continuously monitored carbonate chemistry parameters (pCO2, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity (TA)) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in a tidal flat adjacent to a fringe mangrove forest over a spring-neap tidal cycle. Mean pCO2 during the entire period was 923 ± 318 μatm, and the export of TA, DIC, and DOC from the mangroves to the ocean was 36 ± 26 mmol m−2 d−1, 42 ± 39 mmol m−2 d−1, and 10 ± 9 mmol m−2 d−1, respectively. Semi-monthly pCO2 variations in the mangrove front were controlled by the tidal level during spring tide and by photosynthesis and respiration on the tidal flat during neap tide. This means that during neap tide, photosynthesis on the tidal flat offset the increase in pCO2 caused by the porewater export from the mangrove soil. The DIC/TA export ratio in this study was 1.17 ± 0.08, which was lower than the global average of 1.41 ± 1.39, indicating that the tidal flat adjacent to the mangrove forest may act as a buffer zone to mitigate the increase in pCO2, resulting in much of the exported DIC being stored in the ocean.

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