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dc.contributor.authorSmeaton, Craig
dc.contributor.authorAustin, William
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T17:30:07Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T17:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-14
dc.identifier278132322
dc.identifiere9eef199-02e2-4b9b-bb27-8c04b5206984
dc.identifier85127114086
dc.identifier000773409300039
dc.identifier.citationSmeaton , C & Austin , W 2022 , ' Quality not quantity : prioritizing the management of sedimentary organic matter across continental shelf seas ' , Geophysical Research Letters , vol. 49 , no. 5 , e2021GL097481 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097481en
dc.identifier.issn0094-8276
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4535-2555/work/110131749
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25044
dc.descriptionThe Scottish Blue Carbon Forum (Scottish Government) funded this research.en
dc.description.abstractDisturbance of marine sediments results in the remineralization of sedimentary organic matter (OM) and impacts upon natural burial processes. Management interventions which restrict or remove activities that cause seabed disturbance may offer effective strategies to protect the most vulnerable of these shelf sea OM stores, offering new opportunities to deliver climate mitigation actions. While the largest quantities of OM are often stored in the expansive offshore regions of continental shelves and might therefore suggest appropriate zones for management interventions to protect vulnerable OM stores, our results highlight that these offshore regions generally contain OM of low reactivity. Conversely, inshore and coastal sediments store significant quantities of highly reactive OM that is at greater risk of remineralization when disturbed. The marked spatial disparities between OM reactivity across shelf sea sedimentary environments highlights the need to focus emergent policy and future management interventions towards the protection of inshore and coastal sediments.
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dc.format.extent2423299
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGeophysical Research Lettersen
dc.subjectCarbonen
dc.subjectSedimenten
dc.subjectOrganic matteren
dc.subjectBottom trawlingen
dc.subjectReactivityen
dc.subjectCRIen
dc.subjectIndexen
dc.subjectDisturbanceen
dc.subjectAnthropogenicen
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen
dc.subjectScotlanden
dc.subjectClimateen
dc.subjectOrganic carbonen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectGC Oceanographyen
dc.subjectQE Geologyen
dc.subjectEarth-Surface Processesen
dc.subjectGlobal and Planetary Changeen
dc.subjectOceanographyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)en
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccGCen
dc.subject.lccQEen
dc.titleQuality not quantity : prioritizing the management of sedimentary organic matter across continental shelf seasen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
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. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2021GL097481
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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