Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada
Tidal salt marshes are known to accumulate “blue carbon” at high rates relative to their surface area, which render these systems among the Earth’s most efficient carbon (C) sinks. However, the potential for tidal salt marshes to mitigate global warming remains poorly constrained because of the lack...
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of CanadaChastain, Stephen G.Kohfeld, Karen E.Pellatt, Marlow G.Olid Garcia, CarolinaGailis, MaijaAiguamollsPacífic Nord, OceàCanadàCarboniMarshesNorth Pacific OceanCanadaCarbonTidal salt marshes are known to accumulate “blue carbon” at high rates relative to their surface area, which render these systems among the Earth’s most efficient carbon (C) sinks. However, the potential for tidal salt marshes to mitigate global warming remains poorly constrained because of the lack of representative sampling of tidal marshes from around the globe, inadequate areal extent estimations, and inappropriate dating methods for accurately estimating C accumulation rates. Here we provide the first estimates of organic C storage and accumulation rates in salt marshes along the Pacific coast of Canada, within the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, a region currently underrepresented in global compilations. Within the context of other sites from the Pacific coast of North America, these young Clayoquot Sound marshes have relatively low C stocks but are accumulating C at rates that are higher than the global average with pronounced differences between high and low marsh habitats. The average C stock calculated during the past 30 years is 54 5MgC ha-1 (mean standard error), which accounts for 81% of the C accumulated to the base of the marsh peat layer (67 9MgC ha-1/. The total C stock is just under one-third of previous global estimates of salt marsh C stocks, likely due to the shallow depth and young age of the marsh. In contrast, the average C accumulation rate (CAR) (184 50 gCm-2 yr-1 to the base of the peat layer) is higher than both CARs from salt marshes along the Pacific coast (112 12 gCm-2 yr-1/ and global estimates (91 7 gCm-2 yr-1/. This difference was even more pronounced when we considered individual marsh zones: CARs were significantly greater in high marsh (303 45 gCm-2 yr-1/ compared to the low marsh sediments (63 6 gCm-2 yr-1/, an observation unique to Clayoquot Sound among NE Pacific coast marsh studies. We attribute low CARs in the low marsh zones to shallow rooting vegetation, reduced terrestrial sediment inputs, negative relative sea level rise in the region, and enhanced erosional processes. Per hectare, CARs in Clayoquot Sound marsh soils are approximately 2–7 times greater than C uptake rates based on net ecosystem productivity in Canadian boreal forests, which highlights their potential importance as C reservoirs and the need to consider their C accumulation capacity as a climate mitigation co-benefit when conserving for other salt marsh ecosystem services.European Geosciences Union (EGU)2024202420222024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion27 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/208342Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5751-2022Biogeosciences, 2022, vol. 19, p. 5751-5777https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5751-2022cc-by (c) Chastain SG et al., 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2083422026-05-29T05:05:01Z |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada Chastain, Stephen G. Aiguamolls Pacífic Nord, Oceà Canadà Carboni Marshes North Pacific Ocean Canada Carbon |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Quantification of Blue Carbon in Salt Marshes of the Pacific Coast of Canada |
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Chastain, Stephen G. Kohfeld, Karen E. Pellatt, Marlow G. Olid Garcia, Carolina Gailis, Maija |
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Chastain, Stephen G. |
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Chastain, Stephen G. Kohfeld, Karen E. Pellatt, Marlow G. Olid Garcia, Carolina Gailis, Maija |
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Aiguamolls Pacífic Nord, Oceà Canadà Carboni Marshes North Pacific Ocean Canada Carbon |
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Tidal salt marshes are known to accumulate “blue carbon” at high rates relative to their surface area, which render these systems among the Earth’s most efficient carbon (C) sinks. However, the potential for tidal salt marshes to mitigate global warming remains poorly constrained because of the lack of representative sampling of tidal marshes from around the globe, inadequate areal extent estimations, and inappropriate dating methods for accurately estimating C accumulation rates. Here we provide the first estimates of organic C storage and accumulation rates in salt marshes along the Pacific coast of Canada, within the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, a region currently underrepresented in global compilations. Within the context of other sites from the Pacific coast of North America, these young Clayoquot Sound marshes have relatively low C stocks but are accumulating C at rates that are higher than the global average with pronounced differences between high and low marsh habitats. The average C stock calculated during the past 30 years is 54 5MgC ha-1 (mean standard error), which accounts for 81% of the C accumulated to the base of the marsh peat layer (67 9MgC ha-1/. The total C stock is just under one-third of previous global estimates of salt marsh C stocks, likely due to the shallow depth and young age of the marsh. In contrast, the average C accumulation rate (CAR) (184 50 gCm-2 yr-1 to the base of the peat layer) is higher than both CARs from salt marshes along the Pacific coast (112 12 gCm-2 yr-1/ and global estimates (91 7 gCm-2 yr-1/. This difference was even more pronounced when we considered individual marsh zones: CARs were significantly greater in high marsh (303 45 gCm-2 yr-1/ compared to the low marsh sediments (63 6 gCm-2 yr-1/, an observation unique to Clayoquot Sound among NE Pacific coast marsh studies. We attribute low CARs in the low marsh zones to shallow rooting vegetation, reduced terrestrial sediment inputs, negative relative sea level rise in the region, and enhanced erosional processes. Per hectare, CARs in Clayoquot Sound marsh soils are approximately 2–7 times greater than C uptake rates based on net ecosystem productivity in Canadian boreal forests, which highlights their potential importance as C reservoirs and the need to consider their C accumulation capacity as a climate mitigation co-benefit when conserving for other salt marsh ecosystem services. |
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Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5751-2022 Biogeosciences, 2022, vol. 19, p. 5751-5777 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5751-2022 |
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