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dc.contributor.authorSmeaton, Craig
dc.contributor.authorAustin, William
dc.contributor.authorTurrell, Bill
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-28T15:30:01Z
dc.date.available2020-02-28T15:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-24
dc.identifier266564289
dc.identifierd4f3cafc-4ee5-42c5-908f-448dc9944fed
dc.identifier.citationSmeaton , C , Austin , W & Turrell , B 2020 , Re-evaluating Scotland’s sedimentary carbon stocks . Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science , no. 2 , vol. 11 , vol. 11 , 2 edn , Marine Scotland . https://doi.org/10.7489/12267-1en
dc.identifier.issn2043-722
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4535-2555/work/69835134
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1889-1468/work/145031190
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/19553
dc.description.abstractThis report sets out to provide an improved estimate of the carbon (C) held within Scotland’s marine sedimentary environments across Scotland’s mapped extended Exclusive Economic Zone (i.e. 554,755 km2). Marine sediments accumulating on the ocean floor hold large quantities of carbon (C); these environments can also act to trap and store C over long periods of time (> 103 yrs). The surficial sediments (top 10 cm) of the mapped extended Scottish EEZ holds an estimated 1,515 ± 252 Mt C. The majority of this C is in the form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), with an estimated 1,294 ± 161 Mt IC being held within the surficial sediments. A significantly lower quantity of C in these surface sediments is stored in the organic form, with an estimated 221 ± 92 Mt OC currently held within the top 10 cm of sediment within Scotland’s mapped extended EEZ.
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dc.format.extent1943643
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMarine Scotland
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScottish Marine and Freshwater Scienceen
dc.subjectCarbonen
dc.subjectSedimenten
dc.subjectInorganicen
dc.subjectOrganicen
dc.subjectSeabeden
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleRe-evaluating Scotland’s sedimentary carbon stocksen
dc.typeReporten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Coastal Resources Management Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.identifier.doi10.7489/12267-1


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