Blue Carbon Stock of Seagrass Meadows of Chilika and Pulicat Lakes along the Eastern Coast of India
Blue Carbon Stock of Seagrass Meadows of Chilika and Pulicat Lakes along the Eastern Coast of India
Date
2021
Authors
Kaladharan, P
Vijayakumaran, K
Edward, L. Loveson
Ratheesh, Lavanya
Dash, Biswajith
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Blue carbon stock of seagrass meadows of Chilika
(Odisha) and Pulicat (Tamil Nadu) Lakes located
along the eastern coast of India is estimated from
the data collected on soil organic carbon content (C
org) of monospecific or multispecific seagrass
habitats up to 30 cm depth sampled during 2018-
2019 period. Chilika Lake harbours five seagrass
species in addition to the invasive aquatic weed
Potamogeton pectinatus. Seagrass habitats in the
Pulicat Lake are formed of monospecifc species of
seagrasses in association with considerable quantities
of red and green seaweed resources. The blue
carbon stock of seagrass habitats up to a depth of
30 cm of Chilika Lake was estimated to 2.018±0.673
M gC ha-1 while that of Pulicat Lake was determined
to 0.998± 0.418 M gC ha-1. Our results do contribute
to the global data sets on blue carbon stored in
seagrass habitats and its significance on carbon
trading.
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Keywords
Carbon sink, Carbon sequestration, Organic carbon, Dry bulk density, Carbon Trading
Citation
Fishery Techn 58(3):143-146