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ArticleScientific reports2025

Potential blue carbon in the fringe of Southern European Kelp forests.

João N Franco, Hugo Sainz Meyer, Óscar Babe, Marta Martins, Bianca Reis, Álvaro Sanchez-Gallego, Marco F L Lemos, Marina Dolbeth, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Francisco Arenas

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

João N FrancoMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & ARNET-Aquatic Research Network Associated Laboratory, ESTM, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal. joao.franco@ipleiria.pt.
Hugo Sainz MeyerCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Óscar BabeCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Marta MartinsCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Bianca ReisMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & ARNET-Aquatic Research Network Associated Laboratory, ESTM, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal.
Álvaro Sanchez-GallegoMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & ARNET-Aquatic Research Network Associated Laboratory, ESTM, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal.
Marco F L LemosMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & ARNET-Aquatic Research Network Associated Laboratory, ESTM, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal.
Marina DolbethCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Isabel Sousa-PintoCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Francisco ArenasCIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.

Funding

ARNET - Rede de Investigação Aquática LA/P/0069/2020Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente UID/04292/MARECentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental UIDB/04423/2020EEA Grants/Norway Grants PT-INNOVATION-0077Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UI/BD/150934/2021Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UID/04292/MAREFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04423/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blue Carbon encompasses the organic carbon sequestered and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems, including seaweed forests. This study aims to quantify the potential Blue Carbon storage and sequestration rates of subtidal kelp forests in Northern Portugal, focusing on the most dominant species Laminaria hyperborea and Saccorhiza polyschides. Through in-situ measurements of forest extension, biomass, growth, and carbon content, we determined that these kelp forests store approximately 16.48 Gg of carbon in aboveground biomass, covering an area of 5189 hectares. The estimated carbon sequestration rate is 1903 Mg C year

Indexed as

CarbonCarbon SequestrationForestsKelpBiomassEcosystemLaminariaPortugalSeaweedCarbonCarbon sequestrationLaminaria hyperboreaPortugalSaccorhiza polyschidesSeaweed forests

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PMID40796587
PMCPMC12343771

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