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0
25
50
75
100
12.5
Km
How these values compare to non-arid regions
Compared with other dominantly non-arid regions of the world, carbon stocks per unit area
in Abu Dhabi are at the low end of the range. Typical ranges for total carbon stock are
270-2,200 tonnes/ha (mangrove) 115-480 tonnes/ha (salt marsh) 50-380 tonnes/ha (seagrass)
Although carbon values for Abu Dhabi’s Blue Carbon ecosystems are at the low
end of the global scale, this carbon stock is likely to be the largest of any natural
ecosystem in the emirate and should these ecosystems be destroyed, significant
carbon dioxide (CO
2
) would be emitted.
Figure 7
Total carbon stock of Abu Dhabi Blue
Carbon (and candidate and associated) Ecosystems &
Summary of carbon stock in Blue Carbon, candidate
and associated ecosystems in Abu Dhabi.
Seagrass
Salt marsh
Algal mat
Mangrove
Coastal Sabkha
Total C (tonne)
8,170,000
1,417,000
1,388,000 330,000
28,191,000
Total C0
2
equivalent
(tonne)
0
130
98
52
72
69
100
150
Median C (tonne / ha)
158,000
10,000
14,000 4,000
389,000
Extent (ha)
5,195,000
5,088,000
103,365,000
29,955,000
1,209,000
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