Study Information

Abstract

Blue Carbon is the carbon captured and stored in coastal ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows, and salt marsh habitat. As part of an EPA study focused on ecosystem services of tidal wetlands, we quantified the carbon sequestration and accretion rates in salt marsh habitat in eight Oregon estuaries (Alsea, Coos, Coquille, Nestucca, Netarts, Salmon, Tillamook, and Yaquina). Carbon sequestration rates were quantified using Cs-137 radioisotope, combined with bulk density and carbon content. This EPA dataset will be incorporated into products of the PNW Blue Carbon Working group, including the Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Database and synthesis reports and manuscripts.

Keywords: Oregon, wetlands

Dataset Authors

Data Publication

This data release was assembled and published by the Coastal Carbon Network in collaboration with the corresponding author. Please direct any related comments or inquiries to CoastalCarbon@si.edu.

Coverage

Temporal coverage

Start Date: 2011-07-11

End Date: 2015-03-02

Geographic coverage

Taxonomic coverage

Data Tables

Study materials and methods

Physical: Brown_et_al_2024_methods.csv


Soil core information

Physical: Brown_et_al_2024_cores.csv


Soil core depthseries information

Physical: Brown_et_al_2024_depthseries.csv


Study species information

Physical: Brown_et_al_2024_species.csv

Custom Units

Other Entities

Intellectual Rights

This dataset is listed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 and can be used with attribution.