Skip to main content
View Cart

Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands

From Litter Decomposition to Greenhouse Gas Dynamics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 2 - April 8, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Xiaoguang Ouyang, Shing Yip Lee, Derrick YF Lai, Cyril Marchand
  • Language: English

Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands: From Litter Decomposition to Greenhouse Gas Dynamics fills the current knowledge gap in carbon mineralization, providing a balanced… Read more

Early spring sale

Nurture your knowledge

Grow your expertise with up to 25% off trusted resources.

Shop now

Description

Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands: From Litter Decomposition to Greenhouse Gas Dynamics fills the current knowledge gap in carbon mineralization, providing a balanced view of the carbon dynamics of coastal wetlands. This book provides a holistic treatment of carbon mineralization, from the contributions of litter/root decomposition pathways to carbon mineralization and the processes and sources of greenhouse gas production. This book compares carbon mineralization in coastal wetlands and highlights differences in carbon dynamics. As studies on blue carbon have strongly emphasized the storage potential of coastal wetlands, this book serves as an ideal resource on the topics discussed.

Key features

  • Provides comprehensive perspectives on the processes and mechanisms of carbon mineralization in coastal wetlands
  • Identifies factors regulating organic matter decomposition and greenhouse gas emission
  • Clarifies the linkage between litter decomposition and greenhouse gas emission
  • Unravels how greenhouse gas emissions are modified by anthropogenic activities, including eutrophication and deforestation

Readership

Researchers who study coastal wetlands, and decision-makers on coastal ecosystems. Modelers, field investigators and people of a wide range of interests in the carbon dynamics of coastal ecosystems

Table of contents

1. Introduction
Xiaoguang Ouyang

2. Leaf litter, wood and root decomposition and carbon mineralization
Xiaoguang Ouyang

3. Greenhouse gas emission from the sediment-air interface: a review
Audrey Leopold

4. Biosphere-atmosphere greenhouse gas fluxes at the ecosystem scale
Derrick Y.F. Lai, Liu Jiangong and Karina Schafer

5. Macrofaunal consumption
Joe Lee

6. Greenhouse gas emissions from the water-air interface
Adrien Jacotot

7. The impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emission
Cyril Marchand

8. The role of biogenic structures for greenhouse gas balance in intertidal wetlands
Erik Kristensen

9. Greenhouse gas emission from anthropogenic disturbances
Guangcheng Chen

10. Carbon storage and mineralization in coastal wetlands
Xiaoguang Ouyang

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 2
  • Published: April 14, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

XO

Xiaoguang Ouyang

Dr. Xiaoguang Ouyang is a research fellow at Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on coastal wetland ecology, with recent research interest in carbon cycling, ecosystem services and decision-making. He acts as the co-chair of the session entitled ‘Greenhouse gasses: Production, uptake, and emission’ at the ECSA 57 conference. He is the advisory board member of Cambridge Scholar publishing, and reviewers of reputable journals, such as Science of The Total Environment, Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Biogeosciences.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

SL

Shing Yip Lee

Professor Shing Yip Lee is the director of Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, co-director of Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chair of Mangrove Specialist Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature. His research interest focuses on ecology and biogeochemistry of estuarine wetlands such as mangroves and saltmarshes, application of stable isotopes in marine environmental research, as well as marine ecosystem dynamics, rehabilitation and restoration.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

DL

Derrick YF Lai

Dr. Yuk Fo Derrick Lai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interest includes but not limited to carbon cycling in terrestrial and wetland ecosystems, as well as ecosystem restoration and management.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

CM

Cyril Marchand

Dr. Cyril Marchand is a Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of New Caledonia. He is specialized in mangrove sediments biogeochemistry, with a focus on carbon cycling including stocks, processes and fluxes. He is also interested in the influence of climate changes on carbon cycling in mangroves, and developed many research projects in French Guiana, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia

View book on ScienceDirect

Read Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands on ScienceDirect