Dissolved carbon biogeochemistry and export in mangrove-dominated rivers of the Florida Everglades

Ho, David T.; Ferrón, Sara; Engel, Victor C.; Anderson, William T.; Swart, Peter K.; Price, René M.; Barbero, Leticia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2543-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2543-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2543-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

Research article

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17 May 2017

Research article |

| 17 May 2017

Dissolved carbon biogeochemistry and export in mangrove-dominated rivers of the Florida Everglades

David T. Ho, Sara Ferrón, Victor C. Engel, William T. Anderson, Peter K. Swart, René M. Price, and Leticia Barbero

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RC1: 'Reviewer's comments to bg-2017-6', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', David Ho, 04 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review for Biogeosciences of Ho et al.: Dissolved carbon biogeochemistry and export in mangrove-dominated rivers of the Florida Everglades', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', David Ho, 04 Apr 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Apr 2017) by Katja Fennel

AR by David Ho on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Apr 2017) by Katja Fennel

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Apr 2017) by Katja Fennel

AR by David Ho on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Mangroves take up more carbon (C) than any other ecosystems, but > 50 % of this C is missing. The forest loses organic C to the surrounding waters, which might be rapidly transformed into inorganic C. Previous studies focused on organic C could have missed this important sink. We examined the sources and sinks of dissolved C in two mangrove estuaries, and confirmed that ca. 90 % of the total dissolved mangrove-derived C flux flowing out of the estuaries was inorganic C.