Drivers and modelling of blue carbon stock variability in sediments of southeastern Australia

Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J.; Young, Mary A.; Ierodiaconou, Daniel; Baldock, Jeffrey A.; Hawke, Bruce; Sanderman, Jonathan; Carnell, Paul E.; Macreadie, Peter I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2041-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2041-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2041-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

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16 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2020

Drivers and modelling of blue carbon stock variability in sediments of southeastern Australia

Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis, Mary A. Young, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Jeffrey A. Baldock, Bruce Hawke, Jonathan Sanderman, Paul E. Carnell, and Peter I. Macreadie

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2041-2020-supplement

Data sets

Model Predictions Map: 30-cm Deep Sediment Blue Carbon Stocks for Victoria, Australia C. J. Ewers Lewis https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UDOAUT

R Code for 30-cm Sediment Blue Carbon Stock Modelling C. J. Ewers Lewis and M. Young https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0WKEHJ

Victoria Coastal Blue Carbon Sediment Dataset C. J. Ewers Lewis, C. Carolyn, P. Carnell, and P. Macreadie https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6PFBO0

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Blue carbon ecosystems – tidal marsh, mangrove, and seagrass – serve as important organic carbon sinks, mitigating impacts of climate change. We utilized a robust regional carbon stock dataset to identify ecological, geomorphological, and anthropogenic drivers of carbon stock variability and create high-spatial-resolution predictive carbon stock maps. This work facilitates strategic conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems to contribute to climate change mitigation.