热带沿海河口的蓝色碳储存:保护优先事项的洞察力
W K Suwandhahannadi1, D Wickramasinghe2, D D G L Dahanayaka3
1Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, PO Box 1490, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka; National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Mattakkuliya, Sri Lanka.
The Science of the total environment
|October 11, 2023
概括
斯里兰卡的热带海草草地是重要的碳汇. 这项研究量化了它们的有机碳储量,强调了保护的必要性,以支持减缓气候变化和可持续发展目标.
科学领域:
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 蓝碳生态系统的生态系统
- 气候变化缓解缓解 气候变化缓解
背景情况:
- 海草生态系统对于全球碳循环和气候变化缓解至关重要.
- 关于南亚热带海草草草地中的蓝色碳的知识缺口仍然存在.
- 有效的湖管理对于实现可持续发展目标至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了量化斯里兰卡热带海草草的有机碳库存.
- 评估海草对雷卡瓦湖碳捕获的贡献.
- 为海草生态系统的保护战略和政策提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用Landsat 9图像 (2022) 绘制海草分布地图,并进行地面验证.
- 从雷卡瓦湖的八个地点收集植被和土壤样本.
- 使用燃烧损失 (LOI) 确定地表生物量 (AGB),地下生物量 (BGB) 和土壤有机碳.
主要成果:
- 土壤核心碳含量在2.56±0.29至3.04±0.44毫克碳/公之间.
- 在0.0324平方公里的研究区域,总碳含量为10.21 Mg C.
- 沉积物有机碳占总碳库存的87.06%.
结论:
- 雷卡瓦湖 (Rekawa Lagoon) 的海草草地代表了重要的碳汇.
- 保护这些生态系统对于减缓气候变化和可持续的湖管理至关重要.
- 为了有效管理热带海草,需要制定政策和行动议程.
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