@article{fdi:010086163, title = {{T}ropical forests as drivers of lake carbon burial [+ {C}orrection, 1 p.]}, author = {{A}mora-{N}ogueira, {L}. and {S}anders, {C}. {J}. and {E}nrich-{P}rast, {A}. and {S}ilva {M}onteiro {S}anders, {L}. and {C}outinho {A}buchacra, {R}. and {M}oreira {T}urcq, {P}atricia and {C}ampello {C}ordeiro, {R}. and {G}auci, {V}. and {S}ilva {M}oreira, {L}. and {M}achado-{S}ilva, {F}. and {L}ibonati, {R}. and {F}onseca, {T}. and {N}unes {F}rancisco, {C}. and {M}arotta, {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} significant proportion of carbon ({C}) captured by terrestrial primary production is buried in lacustrine ecosystems, which have been substantially affected by anthropogenic activities globally. {H}owever, there is a scarcity of sedimentary organic carbon ({OC}) accumulation information for lakes surrounded by highly productive rainforests at warm tropical latitudes, or in response to land cover and climate change. {H}ere, we combine new data from intensive campaigns spanning 13 lakes across remote {A}mazonian regions with a broad literature compilation, to produce the first spatially-weighted global analysis of recent {OC} burial in lakes (over ~50-100-years) that integrates both biome type and forest cover. {W}e find that humid tropical forest lake sediments are a disproportionately important global {OC} sink of 7.4 {T}g {C} yr?1 with implications for climate change. {F}urther, we demonstrate that temperature and forest conservation are key factors in maintaining massive organic carbon pools in tropical lacustrine sediments.}, keywords = {{AMAZONIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications}, volume = {13}, numero = {}, pages = {4051 [7 + correction, 2023, 14, 3282, 1 p.]}, ISSN = {2041-1723}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1038/s41467-022-31258-8}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086163}, }