Global Mangrove Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Literature and Unpublished Data

656, 980, and 238 measurements of CO2, CH4, and N2O soil fluxes from 300, 289, and 114 globally-distributed mangrove sites, respectively. Lukas Lamb-Wotton compiled this dataset through a literature review and international scientific collaboration. The aim is to quantify broad-scale patterns and examine if environmental variables can predict global mangrove soil GHG fluxes.

Use Cases

• Model global-scale mangrove soil greenhouse gas budgets based on compiled flux measurements.
• Analyze relationships between GHG fluxes and geomorphology based on the described site classifications.
• Train predictive models for GHG fluxes using geospatially-derived environmental variables as mentioned in the description.
• Conduct meta-analyses on the variability of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions across different mangrove ecosystems.

Strengths

• Includes 656 CO2, 980 CH4, and 238 N2O flux measurements from a global collection of sites.
• Aggregates data from both published literature and unpublished scientific collaborations, likely increasing coverage.
• Explicitly aims to support global-scale pattern analysis and mapping of mangrove soil GHG fluxes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
• Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the literature review and collaboration process.

Provenance

Source

Lukas Lamb-Wotton via figshare.

Collection Method

Collated through a literature review and acquisition of unpublished data from an international collaboration of scientists.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-24 00:10:11; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with sites described as globally-distributed.