10.25573/data.9695918.v1
Cheryl Doughty
Cheryl
Doughty
J. Adam Langley
J. Adam
Langley
Wayne Walker
Wayne
Walker
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C.
Feller
Ronald Schaub
Ronald
Schaub
Samantha Chapman
Samantha
Chapman
Mangroves marching northward: the impacts of rising seas and temperatures on ecosystems at Kennedy Space Center
The Smithsonian Institution
2019
climate change
range expansion
ecotone
carbon storage
mangrove
salt marsh
Soil Science
Carbon Sequestration Science
2019-08-26 15:05:57
Dataset
https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Mangroves_marching_northward_the_impacts_of_rising_seas_and_temperatures_on_ecosystems_at_Kennedy_Space_Center/9695918
The climate change-induced expansion of mangroves into salt marshes could significantly alter the carbon (C) storage capacity of coastal wetlands, which have the highest average C storage per land area among unmanaged terrestrial ecosystems. Mangrove range expansion is occurring globally, but little is known about how these rapid climate-driven shifts may alter ecosystem C storage. Here, we quantify current C stocks in ecotonal wetlands across gradients of marsh- to mangrove-dominance, and use unique chronological maps of vegetation cover to estimate C Stock changes from 2003 to 2010 in a 567-km<sup>2</sup> wildlife refuge in the mangrove-salt marsh ecotone. This data release is associated with the following publication in Estuaries and Coasts: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9993-8.