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VICTORIAN BLUE CARBON STOCKS

Variability and Vulnerability of Coastal ‘Blue Carbon’ Stocks: A Case Study from Southeast Australia

Through a comprehensive, large-scale sampling campaign of sediment Blue Carbon in tidal marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses in a data-deficient region of temperate southeast Australia, this study contributed to the growing global inventory of blue carbon sinks. 

This program sampled over 100 blue carbon ecosystems across the Victorian coastline (southeast Australia) to quantify total sediment stocks, variability across spatial scales, and estimate emissions associated with historical ecosystem loss. This study was among the first to present a comprehensive comparison of sediment stocks across and within coastal blue carbon ecosystems. We estimate substantial and valuable carbon stocks associated with these ecosystems that have suffered considerable losses in the past and need protection into the future to maintain their role as carbon sinks.

Selected Media & Publications

Variability and vulnerability of coastal ‘blue carbon’ stocks: A case study from southeast Australia.
Ewers CJ, Carnell PE, Sanderman J, Baldock JA, Macreadie PI (2017). Ecosystems 21: 263-279

Impacts of land reclamation on tidal marsh ‘Blue Carbon’ stocks.
Ewers Lewis C, Baldock J, Hawke B, Gadd P, Zawazki A, Heijnis H, Jacobsen G, Rogers K, Macreadie P. (2019) Science of the Total Environment 672: 427-437.

Project Partners

This work was led by Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab and was part of the PhD thesis by Carolyn Ewers Lewis. Project partners included the Victorian Coastal Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs):  Glenelg Hopkins CMA, Corangamite CMA, Port Phillip Westernport CMA, West Gippsland CMA, and East Gippsland CMA.

Funding sources

This project was funded by an Australian Research Council  (ARC) Linkage Project,  with additional contributions from Deakin University.

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A/Prof Peter Macreadie (p.macreadie@deakin.edu.au)

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  • About
    • What we are about
    • Who we are
      • Professor Peter Macreadie
      • Dr Paul Carnell
      • 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
      • Ashley Whitt
      • Katy Limpert
      • Holger Jänes
      • Giuditta Bonetti
      • Jaya Kelvin
      • Charlie Townsin
      • Sarah Watson
      • Alejandro Navarro
      • Abbi Scott
      • Erlania
      • Yi Mei Tan
      • Oli Dalby
      • Interns and Volunteers
      • Alumni
  • Research
    • Wetland Carbon
      • Blue Carbon
        • Queensland Blue
        • Victoria’s Blue Carbon
        • Blue Carbon Management
      • Teal Carbon
        • Farm dams
        • Teal Wetlands for Carbon Offsetting
        • Victoria’s Teal Carbon
      • TeaComposition H2O
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Ecosystem Restoration
      • Wetland Restoration
      • Kelp & Segrass restoration
      • Maximising Teal Carbon capture
    • Citizen Science
      • HSBC citizen science
    • Marine Biosecurity
    • Decommissioning Infrastructure
  • Publications
  • Vacancies
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  • Donate
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