I am wondering if mangrove environments have ever been considered in global carbonate budget calculations? How are these systems affected by climate/drainage change?
This is interesting. I think there are some studies on mangrove burial of mineral carbon. However, generally it is considered that organic carbon is the predominant carbon stock in mangroves and draw attention from numerous researchers. As I understand, climate change has significant impact on mangroves, especially increasing temperature and sea level rise.
A number of people are working on the issue of carbon sequestration in mangroves. See for example Chumura et al. 2003 Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17; Mitsch et al. 2012 Landscape Ecology v 28; Twilley et al. 1985 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science v 20; and Fatoyinbo et al 2011 AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. And many others are studying potential impacts of climate change on mangroves - this is a big issue in south Florida, USA.
I have published an article on the ostracoda of the mangrove ecosystem.
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Ashleigh Costelloe is working in the population dynamics of foraminifera in the Caroni Swamp, Trinidad. As an adjunct to her work, I took a couple of push cores to examine and, below about 3 cm, found. . . nothing. Even the organic walled foraminifera had disappeared, never mind the calcareous ones. The same thing has been found in northern South America (see Debenay, J.-P., Guiral, D., Parra, M., 2004. Behaviour and taphonomic loss in foraminiferal assemblages of mangrove swamps of French Guiana. Marine Geology 208, 295-314).
Many thanks for your answers and for the recommended readings. The work on mangroves is on hold for the moment (in French Guiana actually) but my interest is still there!
Stephanie contact Ian MacIntyre at the Smithsonian.
His group did a lot of work in that area
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