Fig. 1: Spatial distribution of vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCE) across Southwestern Atlantic.

Spatial distributions of VCE in green. Location of the study area (A) and sites from where data from sediment cores (B, C, D; orange triangles) and aboveground biomass (E, F, G; yellow circles) were extracted. GU Guianan, AM Amazonia, NB Northeastern Brazil, FN Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas, EB Eastern Brazil, SB Southeastern Brazil, RG Rio Grande, RP Rio de la Plata, UB Uruguay–Buenos Aires Shelf, NP North Patagonian Gulfs, PS Patagonian Shelf, and FM Malvinas/Falklands.