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A re-evaluation of wetland carbon sink mitigation concepts and measurements: A diagenetic solution

The capacity of wetlands to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the sum of two services–the protection of vulnerable organic stocks from remineralisation, and the capacity to sequester GHGs relative to their anthropogenic replacements. Organic carbon accumulation (CA) down through the sediment column is often taken as the measure of sequestration because of its capacity to record long-term variability and trends. However, we demonstrate that: i) CA is not equivalent to sequestration as net ecosystem production (NEP) for open systems; it requires the subtraction of the initial deposition rate of labile allochthonous carbon sources; ii) CA also requires subtraction of intrinsically allochthonous recalcitrants down through the sediment column, and together with subtraction of autochthonous recalcitrants from organic stock services; iii) CA as a climatic mitigation service also requires a diagenetic correction, as the annual deposition of labile organic carbon continues to remineralise over the long-term; and iv) preserving of a wetland has a significantly greater mitigation potential than restoring one. To address the above concerns, a global diagenetic solution is proposed, applied, and tested for a tropical seagrass and mangrove. As expected traditional CA estimates were disproportionately larger than their respective cal. NEPs and together with stocks fell within the ranges reported in the literature, with a final carbon accreditation highly dependent on the choice of their anthropogenic replacements. The review demonstrates that mitigation concepts and measurements for natural carbon sequestration solutions require re-evaluation to avoid GHG emissions above their capacity or reduce the ability to fulfil emission targets.

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Date (Creation)
2021-09-14
Citation identifier
https://doi.org/10.25959/NNHB-T463

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Date (Publication)
2021-11-29T00:00:00
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Gallagher, John Barry
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
+61476521330
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Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Gallagher, John Barry
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
+61476521330
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2016-11-01 2017-03-01
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Keywords (Theme)
  • Blue carbon
  • Teal carbon
  • Net ecosystem production
  • Carbon accumulation
  • Allochthonous recalcitrants
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
  • EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | WETLANDS
  • EARTH SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE | SOILS | CARBON
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
  • Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
  • Ecosystem Function

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The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.

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Cite data as: Gallagher, J.B. (2021). A re-evaluation of wetland carbon sink concepts and measurements: A diagenetic solution down sediments. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS). https://doi.org/10.25959/NNHB-T463
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Supplemental Information
10.1071/mf19119 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.04.015

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Sediment cores, carbon and nitrogen contents and their stable isotope ratios, and 210Pb and 137Cs geochronology
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050291b3-e5a8-4ca8-9ed5-c02b98dc28a1

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English
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UTF8

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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager ()

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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/050291b3-e5a8-4ca8-9ed5-c02b98dc28a1

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Date info (Creation)
2015-05-06T11:44:25
Date info (Revision)
2015-05-06T11:44:25

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ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Keywords

Allochthonous recalcitrants Blue carbon Carbon accumulation Net ecosystem production Teal carbon
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Ecosystem Function Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
EARTH SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE | SOILS | CARBON EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | WETLANDS

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