The San Juan Bay Estuary, Puerto Rico, contains mangrove forests that store significant amounts of organic carbon in soils and biomass. There is a strong urbanization gradient across the estuary, from the highly urbanized and clogged Caño Martin Peña in the western part of the estuary, a series of lagoons in the center of the estuary, and a tropical forest reserve (Piñones) in the easternmost part with limited urbanization. We collected sediment cores to determine carbon burial rates and vertical sediment accretion from five sites in the San Juan Bay Estuary. Cores were radiometrically-dated using lead-210 and the Plum age model. Sites had soil C burial rates ranging from 50 grams per meter squared per year (g m-2...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 137-cesium,
210-lead,
Caño de Martín Peña (1613013),
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1779808),
Geochemistry, All tags...
Laguna La Torrecilla (1611340),
Laguna San José (1611343),
Laguna de Pinoñes (1611336),
Plum age model,
San Juan (1612697),
United States of America (1890467),
accretion rate,
age model,
carbon,
carbon burial,
carbon isotope analysis,
ecological restoration,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
health,
mangrove sediments,
nitrogen,
oceans,
radiometric dating,
sea-level change,
sedimentation,
soil chemistry,
utilitiesCommunication,
wetland ecosystems,
wetland soils,
wetlands, Fewer tags
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