Fig. 3: Responses of top-meter soil organic carbon (Corg) stocks in blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) to different disturbance regimes.
From: Nonuniform organic carbon stock loss in soils across disturbed blue carbon ecosystems
Bars around the means denote 95% CIs. The first and second numbers in parentheses indicate, respectively, the number of observations and the number of studies included in each calculation. Filled circles indicate significant effects of soil Corg stock loss, while circles indicate nonsignificant effects (95% CIs overlapping zero). Mangrove soil Corg stock changes resulted from agricultural and aquaculture conversions, climate/hydrological change, and harvesting; saltmarsh soil Corg stock changes resulting from agricultural conversions, climate/hydrological change, and grazing; seagrass soil Corg stock changes resulting from dredging and vegetation cover damage. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
