Allochthonous Organic Carbon Stored in Blue Carbon Ecosystems Can Be Additional and Provide Genuine Climate Mitigation
Blue carbon ecosystem restoration (and avoided conversion) are important natural climate solutions. Blue carbon ecosystems accumulate carbon through in situ photosynthesising vegetation (autochthonous) and deposition of sediments during tidal inundation (allochthonous). We debate the treatment of allochthonous carbon (which was not taken out of the atmosphere by the blue carbon ecosystem) in blue carbon projects.
Authors
- Hilary Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2290-2120)
- William E. N. Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-3468)
- Alex Houston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6511-2677)
Institutions
- Bangor University (GB)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- Scottish Association For Marine Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Change Biology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70182
- Primary Topic
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Aberdeen
- James Cook University
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Natural Environment Research Council
- HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council