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Field Recap Sydney #17

By Blue Carbon Lab | Citizen Science, Fieldwork, HSBC | Comments are Closed | 2 September, 2019 | 0

Date: August 29, 2019

Participants: HSBC, QBE, Allens

Site: Towra Point, Sydney

Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems

Citizen Scientists work hard under the cold rain !!

The day started early at HSBC’s Barangaroo office where HSBC, Earthwatch, and the Blue Carbon Lab gave presentations on corporate sustainability, natural capital and coastal wetlands.

Participants then traveled together to Towra Point Ramsar site. A 600 ha nature reserve in Botany Bay, hosting 40% of the mangroves and 60% of the tidal marshes in the Sydney the region.

After the heavy rain passed, scientist Dr Jeff Kelleway and Dr Maria Palacios led the field activities. They introduced participants to the ecology and biology of Australian coastal wetlands and demonstrated the field sampling protocols.

Citizen scientists used google maps on their phones to find sampling points over a 40,000 m2 grid covering mangroves (grey and river), salt marshes (i.e., succulents, marine grass, rushes), and swamp oaks.

On each sampling point, participants set 100 m2 plots and quadrants where they surveyed the vegetation by identifying species, measuring tree heights, canopy widths, counting aerial roots, and looking for crab holes. Participants also collected soil cores that will be analysed for carbon content and particle size.

Despite the downpour , participants sampled 6 points of the grid and took 12 soil cores! Mangrove plots were particularly challenging to survey, as they often included >20 trees with weird canopies and many stems.

At the end of the day, Dr Maria Garcia (Earthwatch) led an eye-opening discussion on how participants could reduce their carbon footprint at home and work.

Many thanks to all our new members of the #BlueCarbonArmy who became Blue Carbon scientists for a day !!

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      • Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett
      • Dr Maria del Mar Palacios
      • Dr Pawel Waryszak
      • Dr Melissa Wartman
      • Dr Micheli Duarte de Paula Costa
      • Dr Noyan Yilmaz
      • Dr Christina Birnbaum
      • Dr Martino Malerba
      • Dr Tiffany Sih
      • Dr Taryn Laubenstein
      • Dr Christina Asanopoulos
      • Dr Tanveer Adyel
      • Ashley Whitt
      • Katy Limpert
      • Holger Jänes
      • Giuditta Bonetti
      • Jaya Kelvin
      • Sarah Watson
      • Alejandro Navarro
      • Abbi Scott
      • Erlania
      • Yi Mei Tan
      • Oli Dalby
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      • Kelp & Segrass restoration
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