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An overview and the highlights of this book are shown in Fig. 1 and Table 1,
respectively. In consideration of the background described above, we chose the subject, purpose, and features of this book as follows:
1. Compilation of very recent studies and quantitative assessment of relevant processes and mechanism to demonstrate how much SCEs can take up CO 2 and
store carbon and how they can contribute to climate change mitigation
Chapter 1. Introduction
Carbon Storage
Chapter 2. Background,
Theory, Sediments
Chapter 4. Seagrasses and
Macroalgae
Chapter 3. Mangroves
Gas Exchange
Chapter 6. Background,
Theory, Methods, Shallow
Coastal Ecosystems
Chapter 7. Mangroves
Carbon Stock and Flow at
Estuarine and Coastal Scales
Carbon Stock and Flow at Ecosystem Scales
Chapter 9. Seagrass Carbon Transport
Chapter 11. Carbon Dynamics in Human-dominated Waters
Policy and Implementation
Chapter 12. Carbon Offset Project Utilizing Coastal Waters
Chapter 10. Carbon Dynamics in Coral Reefs
Chapter 13. Future of Blue Carbon
Blue Carbon in Shallow Coastal
Ecosystems: Carbon Dynamics, Policy, and
Implementation
Chapter 5. Tidal Flat
Ecosystems
Chapter 8. Tidal Flat and
Marsh Ecosystems
Fig. 1 Overview of this book
Preface