Fig. 4: Responses of soil organic carbon (Corg) stocks to different disturbance regimes across various depth intervals in blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs).
From: Nonuniform organic carbon stock loss in soils across disturbed blue carbon ecosystems
a Mangrove soil Corg stock changes due to agricultural and aquaculture conversions, climate/hydrological change, and harvesting, b Saltmarsh soil Corg stock changes due to agricultural conversions, climate/hydrological change, and grazing, c Seagrass soil Corg stock changes due to dredging and vegetation cover damage. Bars around the means denote 95% CIs. The bars with arrows denote 95% CIs that extend beyond the X-axis range. The numbers alongside the arrows indicate the maximum values of the 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). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
