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<p>Marine macrophytes, including seagrasses and seaweeds, are major contributors to the marine carbon cycle through the release of dissolved organic carbon, a fraction of which is recalcitrant (resistant to microbial degradation for weeks to months), thereby supporting long-term carbon storage. Here we tested how warming and invasion by a non-native seagrass affect carbon dynamics in temperate macrophyte communities from southern Iberia using controlled mesocosm experiments across three temperatures. The invasive seagrass did not substantially alter carbon metabolism or dissolved organic carbon release. However, warming altered the amount and composition of released carbon. The recalcitrant fraction decreased by 28% with increasing temperature, while labile carbon (readily degradable) increased proportionally. When standardized to macrophyte carbon stocks, the recalcitrant fraction produced was comparable to sediment carbon burial rates in the same communities. These results suggest that warming restructures dissolved organic carbon composition, reducing coastal carbon storage capacity and affecting global carbon budget estimates.</p><p></p>

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Temperature-driven decline in recalcitrant dissolved organic carbon weakens coastal macrophyte’s blue carbon storage potential

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    2026年4月2日

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  • Alba Yamuza-Magdaleno,
  • Tomás Azcárate-García,
  • Luis Gonzalo Egea,
  • Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado,
  • Hauke Reuter,
  • Fernando Guillermo Brun,
  • Pedro Beca-Carretero

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Marine macrophytes, including seagrasses and seaweeds, are major contributors to the marine carbon cycle through the release of dissolved organic carbon, a fraction of which is recalcitrant (resistant to microbial degradation for weeks to months), thereby supporting long-term carbon storage. Here we tested how warming and invasion by a non-native seagrass affect carbon dynamics in temperate macrophyte communities from southern Iberia using controlled mesocosm experiments across three temperatures. The invasive seagrass did not substantially alter carbon metabolism or dissolved organic carbon release. However, warming altered the amount and composition of released carbon. The recalcitrant fraction decreased by 28% with increasing temperature, while labile carbon (readily degradable) increased proportionally. When standardized to macrophyte carbon stocks, the recalcitrant fraction produced was comparable to sediment carbon burial rates in the same communities. These results suggest that warming restructures dissolved organic carbon composition, reducing coastal carbon storage capacity and affecting global carbon budget estimates.