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Blue Carbon
Ecosystems in
Abu Dhabi
This project was globally the first time such
a range of ecosystems had been considered
comprehensively for their Blue Carbon potential.
Traditional Blue Carbon ecosystems include
intertidal mangroves and salt marsh as well
as subtidal seagrass meadows. It is these
ecosystems (on occasion in combination)
that have been the focus of international
Blue Carbon research to date.
In the Abu Dhabi context however, two
further ecosystems of particular local
relevance - algal mats and coastal sabkha -
were studied for their Blue Carbon potential.
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