Jornal de Biologia Marinha e Oceanografia

Contribution of Coastal Macrophytobenthos to Blue Carbon

Shigeki Wada

Contribution of Coastal Macrophytobenthos to Blue Carbon

Human emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been accelerated, and greenhouse effect and ocean acidification are known as serious CO2-induced climate changes. There has been recently great interest in the ability of marine autotrophs as a sink for CO2, and such role was named as “Blue Carbon”. One of the focused environments for the capacity of Blue Carbon is coastal area where there are a variety of benthic organisms due to inhabitation of macrophytobenthos.