Above- and belowground biomass production, decomposition, and wetland elevation change in transitional coastal wetland communities exposed to elevated CO2 and sediment deposition: a mesocosm study from 2012 to 2014

This data release includes belowground primary productivity, decomposition, and surface elevation change data from a two-year mesocosm experiment from 2012 to 2014. We conducted experimental greenhouse manipulations of atmospheric CO2 (double ambient CO2) and sediment deposition to simulate a land-falling hurricane under future climate conditions. Experimental greenhouse conditions mimicked a land-falling hurricane under projected future climate conditions by comparing atmospheric to double ambient CO2 and sediment deposition in four communities along a coastal wetland landscape gradient in Louisiana, USA (tidal freshwater forested wetland, forest/marsh mix, marsh, and mudflat).

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Climate change, Climatology, Coastal wetlands, Ecology, All tags... Elevated CO2, Elevation capital, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Mesocosm experiment, Multiple stressors, Possible climate futures, Sediment deposition, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wetland elevation change, biota, effects of climate change, hurricanes, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags