Blue Carbon in Shallow Coastal Ecosystems Carbon Dynamics, Policy, and Implementation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kuwae, Tomohiro (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hori, Masakazu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Aquatic ecology .; Climate change.; Oceanography.; Sustainable development.; Ecosystems.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Sustainable Development.

This book presents a comprehensive and innovative understanding of the role of shallow coastal ecosystems in carbon cycling, particularly marine carbon sequestration. Incorporating a series of forward-looking chapters, the book combines thorough reviews of the global literature and regional assessme...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Part 1: Carbon stock and flow at ecosystem scale - Carbon Storage
• 2. Backgrounds, Theory, Methods, and Seagrass case
• 3. Mangrove case
• 4. Seaweed case
• Part 2: Carbon stock and flow at ecosystem scale - Gas exchange
• 5. Backgrounds, Theory, Methods, and Seagrass case
• 6. Mangrove case
• 7. Tidal marsh case
• 8. Tidal flat case
• Part 3: Carbon stock and flow at estuarine and coastal scale
• 9. Seagrass carbon transport
• 10. Carbon dynamics in coral reefs
• 11. Carbon dynamics in urbanized waters
• Part 4: Policy and Implementation
• 12. Yokohama Blue Carbon
• 13. Future of Blue Carbon.