Abstract
This dataset accompanies the paper Rovai et al (2018), in Nature Climate Change. Global-scale variation in mangrove ecosystem properties has been explained using a conceptual framework linking geomorphological processes to distinct coastal environmental settings (CES) for nearly 50 years. However, these assumptions have not been empirically tested at the global scale. Here, we show that CES account for global variability in mangrove soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. Using this ecogeomorphology framework, we developed a global model that captures variation in mangrove SOC stocks compatible with distinct CES. This dataset provides SOC data from the study, obtained from 36 sites across the neotropics.
Keywords: mangrove, soil carbon, soil sciences, global assessment
Authors
Associated Publication
Rovai, A.S., Twilley, R.R., Castañeda-Moya, E. et al. Global controls on carbon storage in mangrove soils. Nature Clim Change 8, 534–538 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0162-5
Funding
The Brazilian foundations CAPES and CNPq, Louisiana Sea Grant College and NSF Coastal SEES programme (EAR-1427389) funded this work. The CAPES/CNPq Science without Borders and Post-doctoral Senior programmes provided international fellowships for A.S.R. (BEX1930/13-3), P.R.P. (18379/12-5) and A.L.F (209666/13-7).
Data Publication
This data publication was assembled and published by the Coastal Carbon Research Coordination Network through the Smithsonian Institution Figshare repository. Please direct any comments or inquiries to CoastalCarbon@si.edu.
Start Date: 2012
End Date: 2015
No core-associated taxonomic data included.
Physical: Rovai_et_al_2022_materials_and_methods.csv
Physical: Rovai_et_al_2022_cores.csv
Physical: Rovai_et_al_2022_depthseries.csv
No study-associated species information included.
No study-associated anthropogenic impacts information included.
Intellectual Rights
This dataset is listed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 and can be used with attribution.