Spatial Distribution of Carbon Stocks along Protected and non-Protected Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico.
Highlights
- Carbon stocks vary across intra-coastal wetland ecosystems
- Both herbaceous and arboreal species in coastal wetland ecosystems have the potential to store large carbon stocks.
- Canopy height, short-wave infra-red optical band as synthetic images from radar technology are good predictors of useful to predict aboveground carbon stocks.
- Hydrological predictors were the best predictors? of have great influence on the distribution of belowground carbon spatial distribution model.
- Understanding the distribution of carbon stocks can inform decision-making processes for effective conservation and sustainable management practices.