Mangroves provide Blue Carbon Ecological value at a low Freshwater Cost
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Berger, Uta
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Chen, Luzhen
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Krauss, Ken W.
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Lovelock, Catherine. E
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et al
2022
Blue carbon wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, magroves utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% to 57% of evapotranspiration.