Blue carbon audit of Orkney waters

Joanne Porter; William Austin; Michael  Burrows; Duncan Clarke; Gareth Davies; Nick Kamenos; Simone Riegel; Craig Smeaton; C Page; Andrew  Want

doi:10.7489/12262-1

Blue carbon audit of Orkney waters

Joanne Porter
, William Austin
, Michael Burrows
, Duncan Clarke
, Gareth Davies
, Nick Kamenos
, Simone Riegel
, Craig Smeaton
, C Page
, Andrew Want

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This study provides an audit of the potential blue carbon resources present in the coastal waters around Orkney, bounded by the 12 nautical mile limit and including the Loch of Stenness brackish water lagoon. This report builds on previous work in which blue carbon stocks in Marine Protected Areas in Scottish waters were estimated from i) contributions of biological material to the fixation of carbon, also referred to as production, and ii) contributions of sediments to blue carbon storage. The methodology has been further developed here to allow regional-scale estimation of habitat extent and provides estimates of blue carbon associated with habitats and surface sediments.

Original language	English
Publisher	Marine Scotland
Commissioning body	MARINE SCOTLAND
Number of pages	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7489/12262-1
Publication status	Published - 13 Jan 2020

Publication series

Name	Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Reports
Publisher	Marine Scotland
No.	3
Volume	11
ISSN (Print)	2043-7722
ISSN (Electronic)	2043-7722

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

Carbon
Orkney
Sediment
Saltmarsh
Elp
Biogenic
Audit
Organic
Inorganic
Blue carbon
Carbonate
Climate change
Marine

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