Blue Carbon: Coastal Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation

In: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Glossary -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Salt Marshes -- 2.1 Dynamics of Soil Accretion and Carbon Accumulation -- 2.2 Soil Accretion and Carbon Sequestration -- 2.2.1 Methodological Advantages and Limitations -- 2.2.2 Carbon Sequestration Rates -- 2.3 Soil Carbon Stocks -- 2.4 Potential Losses of Carbon -- References -- Chapter 3: Mangrove Forests -- 3.1 Capturing and Accumulating Sediment and Carbon -- 3.1.1 Mechanisms of Capture -- 3.1.2 Rates of Soil Accretion and Carbon Sequestration -- 3.2 Carbon Sequestration Rates -- 3.3 Carbon Stocks -- 3.4 Potential Losses -- References -- Chapter 4: Seagrass Meadows -- 4.1 Fluid Dynamics: The Mechanism for Sediment and Carbon Accumulation -- 4.2 Carbon Sequestration -- 4.3 Carbon Stocks -- 4.4 Potential Losses -- References -- Chapter 5: Kelp Forests -- 5.1 Do Kelp Forests Sequester and Store Blue Carbon? -- 5.2 Kelp Carbon and Climate Change -- References -- Chapter 6: The Blue Economy: Mitigation and Adaptation -- 6.1 Ecological Economics -- 6.1.1 Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) -- 6.1.2 Regulatory and Policy Matters -- 6.2 Restoration and Management -- 6.2.1 Success or Failure: What Does and Doesn´t Work -- 6.3 Financing -- 6.3.1 UNFCCC-Related and Other Finance Mechanisms -- 6.3.2 The Voluntary Carbon Market -- 6.3.3 Investment Risk -- 6.3.4 Policy and Commodification -- References -- Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions -- References.