Blue Carbon calculations and valuations for the Falkland Islands

The dataset is an excel file with estimate on blue carbon in the inshore waters around the Falkalnd Islands waters. Evaluation of blue carbon comprises of: total standing stock of carbon held by the giant kelp (Macrocystis), estimation of carbon sequestration to deep sea sediments from Macrocystis kelp and general estimation of carbon value determined by previous two parameters. The valuation is based on data available in 2016 and stored in the Marine Recorder database (FK-SMSG-162).

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	December 14, 2020, 09:57 (PST)
Created	January 30, 2020, 05:26 (PST)
Region	Falkland Islands
Language	eng
Topic Category	Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start	2017-04-01
Temporal Extent End	2017-08-22
Dataset Reference Date	2017
Lineage	The excel file comprises of three worksheets. The first tab describes calculations involved in estimating the total standing stock of carbon held within Macrocystis kelp in the waters of the Falkland Islands (as of 2016/2017). The second tab describes calculations involved in estimating the aspects of carbon sequestration to deep sea sediments from Macrocystis kelp in the waters of the Falkland Islands (as of 2016/2017). The third tab describes calculations involved in estimating carbon value in general, the resulting vlaue of the standing stock, and the min, avg, and max value of the sequestration to deep sea annually. An explanation on the analyses carried out on the data is provided in the word document README_Kelp_Blue_Carbon_2017_calculations. Groundtruth data were obtained from SMSG marine recorder database (period from 2008 to 2016). The total distribution of kelp around the Falkalnds was estimated for 2016 using digitised GoogleEarth imagery (FK-SAERI-284). The data have been published in the report: Giant kelp ‘Blue carbon’ storage and sequestration value in the Falkland Islands. (Bayley et al. 2017) available with the data.
West Longitude	200481.02
South Latitude	4191439.11
East Longitude	448705.52
North Latitude	4322368.64
Spatial Reference System	UTM 21S WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference	Please acknowledge data source as: Bayley, D.T.I., Marengo, I., Baker, H., Pelembe, T. (2017.) Giant kelp ‘Blue carbon’ storage and sequestration value in the Falkland Islands. Final Report for the South Atlantic Overseas Territories Natural Capital Assessment
Data Format	excel, word doc
Update Frequency	not planned
Accuracy	Distribution accurate to 3 metre
Resource Type	Dataset
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	2019-05-22
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID	FK-SAERI-577

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