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  <dc:contributor>Michael R. Burchell</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Ken W. Krauss</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Stephen W. Broome</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Francois Birgand</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Yo-Jin Shiau</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2019</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carbon (C) sequestration through accumulated plant biomass and storage in soils can potentially make&amp;nbsp;wetland ecosystems&amp;nbsp;net C sinks. Here, we collected GHG flux, plant biomass, and&amp;nbsp;litter decomposition&amp;nbsp;data from three distinct vegetation zones (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spartina&lt;/i&gt;alterniflora&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Juncus roemerianus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spartina patens&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) on a 7-year-old created brackish marsh in North Carolina, USA, and integrate these data into an overall C mass balance budget. The marsh fixed an average of 1.85 g C m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;−2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt; day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;through plant&amp;nbsp;photosynthesis. About 41–46% of the fixed C remained in plants, while 18.4% of the C was decomposed and released back to the atmosphere as CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and CH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and 8.6–13.2% of the decomposed C was stored as soil C. In all, this created marsh sequestered 28.7–44.7 Mg CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt; year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;across the 14 ha marsh. Because the brackish marsh emitted only small amounts of CH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;O, the CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;equivalent emission of the marsh was −0.87 to −0.56 g CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2-eq&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt; m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;−2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt; day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;, indicating the marsh has a net effect in reducing GHGs to the atmosphere and contributes to cooling. However, resultant CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;credit (through the increment of soil C) would be worth only $30.76–$47.90 USD per hectare annually, or $431–$671 per year for the project, which, coupled with other enhanced&amp;nbsp;ecosystem services, could provide landowners with some additional economic incentive for future creation projects. Nevertheless, C mass balance determinations and radiative cooling metrics showed promise in demonstrating the potential of a young created brackish marsh to act as a net&amp;nbsp;carbon sink.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.09.007</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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