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considered: (i) the vulnerability and resilience of seagrass meadows to catastrophic
physical disturbances (e.g., tropical storms and tsunamis) and biological grazing
pressure; (ii) their response to local anthropogenic influences on nutrient status and
sediment discharge; and (iii) the effects of global changes such as elevated water
temperature, ocean acidification, and sea-level rise. Although these topics are not
addressed in this chapter, some important local and global anthropogenic influences
are discussed elsewhere in this volume (Yoshida et al. (2018) and Kuwae et al.
(2018) among others).
References
Abo K, Sugimatsu K, Hori M, Yoshida G, Shimabukuro H, Yagi H, Nakayama A, Tarutani K
(2018) Chapter 9: Quantifying the fate of captured carbon: from seagrass meadow to deep sea.
In: Kuwae T, Hori M (eds) Blue carbon in shallow coastal ecosystems: carbon dynamics, policy, and implementation. Springer, Singapore, pp 251–271
Aller RC (1998) Mobile deltaic and continental shelf muds as suboxic, fluidized bed reactors. Mar
Chem 61:143–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00024-3
Aller RC, Blair NE (2006) Carbon remineralization in the Amazon–Guianas tropical mobile
mudbelt: a sedimentary incinerator. Cont Shelf Res 26:2241–2259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
csr.2006.07.016
Alongi DM (2012) Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests. Carbon Manag 3:313–322. https://
doi.org/10.4155/cmt.12.20
Alongi DM, Murdiyarso D, Fourqurean JW, Kauffman JB, Hutahaean A, Crooks S, Lovelock CE,
Howard J, Herr D, Fortes M (2016) Indonesia’s blue carbon: a globally significant and vulnerable sink for seagrass and mangrove carbon. Wetl Ecol Manag 24:3–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11273-015-9446-y
Arnarson TS, Keil RG (2007) Changes in organic matter–mineral interactions for marine sediments with varying oxygen exposure times. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71:3545–3556. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.027
Barrón C, Duarte CM (2009) Dissolved organic matter release in a Posidonia oceanica meadow.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 374:75–84. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07715
Beer S, Björk M, Beardall J (2014) Photosynthesis in the marine environment. Wiley Blackwell,
London
Bergamaschi BA, Tsamakis E, Keil RG, Eglinton TI, Montlucon DB, Hedges JI (1997) The effect
of grain size and surface area on organic matter, lignin and carbohydrate concentration, and
molecular compositions in Peru margin sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 61:1247–1260.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00394-8
Berner RA (1982) Burial of organic carbon and pyrite sulfur in the modern ocean: its geochemical
and environmental significance. Am J Sci 282:451–473. https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.282.4.451
Bianchi TS, Cui X, Blair NE, Burdige DJ, Eglinton TI, Galy V (2018) Centers of organic carbon burial and oxidation at the land-ocean interface. Org Geochem 115:138–155. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.09.008
Blair NE, Aller RC (2012) The fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the marine environment. Annu
Rev Mar Sci 4:401–423. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142717
Blair NE, Leithold EI, Ford ST, Peeler KA, Holmes JC, Perkey DW (2003) The persistence of
memory: the fate of ancient sedimentary organic carbon in a modern sedimentary system.
Geochim Cosmochim Acta 67:63–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01043-8
Bock MJ, Mayer LM (2000) Mesodensity organo–clay associations in a near-shore sediment. Mar
Geol 163:65–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00105-X
2 Carbon Sequestration in Sediment as an Ecosystem Function of Seagrass Meadows
considered: (i) the vulnerability and resilience of seagrass meadows to catastrophic
physical disturbances (e.g., tropical storms and tsunamis) and biological grazing
pressure; (ii) their response to local anthropogenic influences on nutrient status and
sediment discharge; and (iii) the effects of global changes such as elevated water
temperature, ocean acidification, and sea-level rise. Although these topics are not
addressed in this chapter, some important local and global anthropogenic influences
are discussed elsewhere in this volume (Yoshida et al. (2018) and Kuwae et al.
(2018) among others).
References
Abo K, Sugimatsu K, Hori M, Yoshida G, Shimabukuro H, Yagi H, Nakayama A, Tarutani K
(2018) Chapter 9: Quantifying the fate of captured carbon: from seagrass meadow to deep sea.
In: Kuwae T, Hori M (eds) Blue carbon in shallow coastal ecosystems: carbon dynamics, policy, and implementation. Springer, Singapore, pp 251–271
Aller RC (1998) Mobile deltaic and continental shelf muds as suboxic, fluidized bed reactors. Mar
Chem 61:143–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00024-3
Aller RC, Blair NE (2006) Carbon remineralization in the Amazon–Guianas tropical mobile
mudbelt: a sedimentary incinerator. Cont Shelf Res 26:2241–2259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
csr.2006.07.016
Alongi DM (2012) Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests. Carbon Manag 3:313–322. https://
doi.org/10.4155/cmt.12.20
Alongi DM, Murdiyarso D, Fourqurean JW, Kauffman JB, Hutahaean A, Crooks S, Lovelock CE,
Howard J, Herr D, Fortes M (2016) Indonesia’s blue carbon: a globally significant and vulnerable sink for seagrass and mangrove carbon. Wetl Ecol Manag 24:3–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11273-015-9446-y
Arnarson TS, Keil RG (2007) Changes in organic matter–mineral interactions for marine sediments with varying oxygen exposure times. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71:3545–3556. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.027
Barrón C, Duarte CM (2009) Dissolved organic matter release in a Posidonia oceanica meadow.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 374:75–84. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07715
Beer S, Björk M, Beardall J (2014) Photosynthesis in the marine environment. Wiley Blackwell,
London
Bergamaschi BA, Tsamakis E, Keil RG, Eglinton TI, Montlucon DB, Hedges JI (1997) The effect
of grain size and surface area on organic matter, lignin and carbohydrate concentration, and
molecular compositions in Peru margin sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 61:1247–1260.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00394-8
Berner RA (1982) Burial of organic carbon and pyrite sulfur in the modern ocean: its geochemical
and environmental significance. Am J Sci 282:451–473. https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.282.4.451
Bianchi TS, Cui X, Blair NE, Burdige DJ, Eglinton TI, Galy V (2018) Centers of organic carbon burial and oxidation at the land-ocean interface. Org Geochem 115:138–155. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.09.008
Blair NE, Aller RC (2012) The fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the marine environment. Annu
Rev Mar Sci 4:401–423. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142717
Blair NE, Leithold EI, Ford ST, Peeler KA, Holmes JC, Perkey DW (2003) The persistence of
memory: the fate of ancient sedimentary organic carbon in a modern sedimentary system.
Geochim Cosmochim Acta 67:63–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01043-8
Bock MJ, Mayer LM (2000) Mesodensity organo–clay associations in a near-shore sediment. Mar
Geol 163:65–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00105-X
2 Carbon Sequestration in Sediment as an Ecosystem Function of Seagrass Meadows