FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Carbon sequestration loss following Zostera noltei decline in the Arcachon Bay (France) BT AF RIBAUDO, Cristina PLUS, Martin GANTHY, Florian AUBY, Isabelle AS 1:1,3;2:2;3:1;4:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR; C1 Lab IFREMER DEL AR, F-33120 Arcachon, France. Lab IFREMER Ctr Bretagne, ZI Pointe Diable, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Irstea, UR EABX, 50 Ave Verdun, F-33612 Cestas, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IRSTEA, FRANCE SI BREST ARCACHON SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-p187 IF 2.176 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00309/42061/41357.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Seagrass;Meadow regression;Macrotidal lagoon;Growth model;Nutrient leaf resorption AB The worldwide decline of seagrass meadows may result in the loss of relevant ecosystem services such as the carbon sequestration within marine ecosystems. In this paper, net primary production (NPP) of Zostera noltei meadows was assessed in the Arcachon Bay (SW France) with the aim of understanding the impact of meadows decline on C sequestration capacity at a basin scale. Net growth rates obtained by means of a year-long leaf-marking experiment (2005-2006) were coupled to interannual biomass measurements (1983-2010) to obtain a direct estimate of NPP. Concurrently, an indirect estimate was obtained through a mathematical model which embedded natural factors variation (temperature, light and nutrients). Z. noltei seasonal growth and leaf morphometry followed a unimodal pattern with a peak in late summer and a minimum in winter; the interannual biomass assessment showed a steadiness at spatial and temporal scales. Net primary production simulated by the mathematical model resulted lower than that obtained by the leaf-marking and biomass method. Moreover, a temporal shift among models was evident, given to the dependence of the simulation mainly on the irradiance. Daily NPP ranged from 0.4 ± 0.2 to 8.4 ± 0.4 gDW m-2d-1, corresponding to an annual NPP of 1134.2 ± 100.2 gDW m-2y-1 and to a net C fixation of 362.9 ± 88.1 g C m-2y-1. By considering the decline of 33% of Z. noltei meadows in the Arcachon Bay in the period 1989-2010, it can be estimated a loss of C sequestration capacity from 24846 ± 6030 ton C y-1 (1989) to 16564 ± 4020 ton C y-1 (2007) at the basin scale. PY 2016 PD SEP SO Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science SN 0272-7714 PU Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd VL 179 UT 000381531600002 BP 4 EP 11 DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.024 ID 42061 ER EF