Coastal wetlands are sites of high carbon (C) sequestration rates through continuous vertical accretion owing to both, their capacity to trap allochthonous sediments and the allocation of a large fraction of their production to roots and rhizomes (Duarte et al., 2013). Their high rates of photosynthetic C fixation and the low rates of organic matter decomposition in their waterlogged and oxygen-poor soils promote the preservation
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