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Sedimentation and carbon accumulation rates in UK saltmarshes

Ed Garrett Orcid Logo, Craig Smeaton Orcid Logo, W. Roland Gehrels Orcid Logo, Natasha Barlow, Will Blake, Martha B. Koot Orcid Logo, Lucy Miller, Glenn Havelock, Lucy McMahon, Cai Ladd Orcid Logo, William Austin Orcid Logo

EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023

Swansea University Author: Cai Ladd Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12459

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Saltmarshes play a key role in sequestering and storing carbon, as well as providing a wide range of other ecosystem services. Assessments of both total carbon stocks and rates of carbon accumulation are vital for quantifying saltmarsh contributions to climate-change mitigation and for guiding effor...

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Published in: EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
Published: Copernicus GmbH
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12459
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title Sedimentation and carbon accumulation rates in UK saltmarshes
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title_short Sedimentation and carbon accumulation rates in UK saltmarshes
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Craig Smeaton
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Will Blake
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Lucy Miller
Glenn Havelock
Lucy McMahon
Cai Ladd
William Austin
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description Saltmarshes play a key role in sequestering and storing carbon, as well as providing a wide range of other ecosystem services. Assessments of both total carbon stocks and rates of carbon accumulation are vital for quantifying saltmarsh contributions to climate-change mitigation and for guiding efforts to protect and restore coastal wetlands. Current assessments of the rates at which UK saltmarshes accumulate carbon are based on a small and spatially limited dataset. To address this knowledge gap, we estimate sedimentation rates and assess organic carbon density from 22 saltmarshes distributed around the UK. Bayesian modelling quantifies the relationship between depth and age from 210Pb and 137Cs activity data. We combine these sedimentation rates with centimetre-resolution organic carbon density measurements to quantify carbon accumulation rates through time. By upscaling these estimates to the total UK saltmarsh area and fully quantifying uncertainties, we conclude that UK saltmarsh carbon burial rates are lower than previously thought.
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