How do coastal ecosystems absorb and store carbon?

Aquatic vegetative habitats, such as seagrass meadows, kelp forests, and salt marshes, all do a particularly good job at absorbing carbon dioxide from the water and atmosphere. As a PhD student at Bodega Marine Lab, I am investigating how these aquatic vegetated habitats remove and store carbon in their tissues and sediments, and if these carbon services can be used as ocean acidification and climate change remediation tactics. This work can help us understand how coastal ecosystems respond to the environmental changes we expect to see in the future, and how we might tackle these problems on a local scale.

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