CP44B:
Carbon Accumulation and Its Long-Term Stability in Blue Carbon Ecosystems II Posters
Session ID#: 84846
Session Description:
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) are coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, mangroves, tidal freshwater wetlands, and seagrass meadows, with manageable and atmospherically significant carbon stocks and fluxes. Each of these systems stores organic carbon in its soils or sediments, which comprise its carbon sediment âsinkâ. Such sequestration of carbon provides a valuable ecosystem service by mitigating carbon pollution. Although carbon accumulation rates have been measured in all types of BCEs, less attention has been paid to the similarities and differences in carbon accumulation processes in different ecosystem types and the relative stability of carbon sediment sinks under sea-level rise and global climate change. In this session, we invite those working in a variety of BCEs to present their work on carbon storage assessments, but with a particular focus on cross-BCE comparisons, process-level modeling, impacts from climate change/sea-level rise, carbon crediting, and restoration challenges. We welcome papers from across the globe on empirical studies, modeling, and management concerns. Our overall goal is to facilitate discussion on the science of carbon sequestration, challenges in implementation, and opportunities for partnering with land managers to increase long-term carbon storage in blue carbon sediment sinks.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Primary Chair: Judith Z Drexler, USGS California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA, United States
Co-Chair: James W Fourqurean, Florida International Univ, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison: Judith Z Drexler, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States
Moderators: Judith Z Drexler, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States and James W Fourqurean, Florida International Univ, Miami, FL, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Judith Z Drexler, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States and James W Fourqurean, Florida International Univ, Miami, FL, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Assessment of Carbon Storage and Microbial Community Composition in Unique New England Wetlands (644343)
Tony Pham, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Robert Vincent, MIT Sea Grant, Cambridge, MA, United States, Lucy Webb, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Steven Smriga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States and Andrew R Babbin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EAPS, Cambridge, United States
Evaluating the vulnerability of salt marsh soil organic matter to microbial decomposition (643607)
Sheron Luk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Meagan Eagle Eagle, USGS, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Jonathan Sanderman, Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, Kelsey Gosselin, University of California Santa Barbara, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Santa Barbara, United States and Amanda C Spivak, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, United States
Blue carbon stocks in temperate salt marshes (North Carolina, USA) vary in response to accelerated sea-level rise, salinity gradients and hydraulic modifications. (655470)
Donald Charles Barber1, Carey E Parker2 and Mercedes J Aponte2, (1)Bryn Mawr College, Departments of Geology and Environmental Studies, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States, (2)Bryn Mawr College, Geology, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
The Potential of Blue Carbon Management in Mexico. A Case Study From the Biosphere Reseerve of Sian Ka´an. (642211)
Jorge Herrera-Silveira, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, YC, Mexico, Claudia Teutli-Hernández, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, Sisal, YC, Mexico, Patricia Arenas, WWF, Madrid, Spain and Jorge Montero, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV) Mérida, Recursos del Mar, Merida, YC, Mexico
Identifying Drivers and Modelling Variability of Blue Carbon Stocks (650778)
Carolyn Ewers Lewis1,2, Mary Young3, Daniel Ierodiaconou3, Jeffrey Baldock4, Bruce Hawke4, Jonathan Sanderman5, Paul E Carnell3 and Peter Macreadie3, (1)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (3)Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, VIC, Australia, (4)Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, SA, Australia, (5)Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, United States
Distribution and Source of Organic Matter in Cored Sediments From the Andaman Sea off Myanmar (649513)
H.M. Zakir Hossain, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Jashore, Bangladesh, Hodaka Kawahata, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan and Yoshikazu Sampei, Shimane University, Department of Geoscience, Matsue, Japan
Hurricane Harvey and salt marsh sediment carbon: Impacts of variable storm intensities across stable and dynamic marsh landscapes along the coast of Texas (646210)
Jill Arriola1, Jaye Ellen Cable1, Elizabeth A Canuel2 and Ann P McNichol3, (1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (2)Virginia Inst Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Sediment depth and accumulation constrain belowground carbon stocks across northern New World mangroves. (648988)
Matthew T. Costa1, Exequiel Ezcurra2, Paula Excurra3, Pelayo Salinas de León4, Benjamin L Turner5, Joy Alice Megumi Kumagai6, James Leichter7 and Octavio Aburto-Oropeza1, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Riverside, Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States, (3)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)Charles Darwin Foundation, Santa Cruz, Ecuador, (5)Smithsonian Tropical Res Inst, Ancon, Panama, (6)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institituion of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (7)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Turbulence structure and carbon stocks along a seagrass meadow (654639)
Jiarui Lei1, Jiao Zhang1 and Heidi Margaret Nepf2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
