Blue Carbon Habitats – a comprehensive mapping of Nordic salt marshes for estimating Blue Carbon storage potential

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This report describes the results of the Blue Carbon Habitats - Pilot Study -project. It includes the methods used to generate the aquatic vegetation data layers, the generated data, and summaries of validation and carbon storage potential estimation results. A roadmap for expanding the production for the whole Baltic Sea region is also included.

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Link to centre authors: Blenckner, Thorsten

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Blue Carbon Habitats – a comprehensive mapping of Nordic salt marshes for estimating Blue Carbon storage potential

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