Organic carbon sequestration and storage in vegetated coastal habitats along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf

This work was supported by a grant from Saudi Aramco. Further funding was provided to PM by the Generalitat de Catalunya (MERS, 2017SGR 1588) and an Australian Research Council LIEF Project (LE170100219). This work is contributing to the ICTA 'Unit of Excellence' (MinECo, MDM2015-0552). The authors thank the staff at the Marine Studies department of the Centre for Environment and Water of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, for their support and expertise, especially R Lindo, R Magalles, P Bacquiran and M Lopez. We also thank I Schulz, N Geraldi, D Prabowo and R Diaz at KAUST and G Salgao at ECU for their technical support.