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Blue Carbon Seascapes (BCS) - Soil Carbon Profiling project 1.1

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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Blue Carbon Seascapes (BCS) - Soil Carbon Profiling project will acquire carbon sequestration data across a broad spectrum of seascape conditions to deliver a soil carbon profiling dataset. Carbon sequestration will be quantified in a multi-scale pattern of high preservation sediment cores covering three broad transects – Southern Ningaloo, Exmouth Gulf and Port Hedland. Cores will be collected across coastal intertidal (mangroves, tidal marsh), subtidal (seagrass beds) carbon sinks, and deep-water sediment deposition areas (E.G., inter-reef sediment valleys and banks) out to 500m deep. Carbon accumulation rates will be measured using paired radiometric dating techniques (210Pb and 14C) spanning recent decades back to several millennia. A portfolio of biomarkers (stable isotopes and eDNA) will help trace the source of the stored “soil” carbon to the various marine primary producers. The rate of seaweed carbon sequestration into sediment sinks will underpin development of a network model.

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Field Value
Title Blue Carbon Seascapes (BCS) - Soil Carbon Profiling project 1.1
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/aceb65ee-540b-483a-b82e-0652dbc27027
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 04/08/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Blue Carbon Seascapes (BCS) - Soil Carbon Profiling project 1.1". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/blue-carbon-seascapes-bcs-soil-carbon-profilingproject-1-1