The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy

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dc.contributor.authorHolmquist, James R
dc.contributor.authorKlinges, David
dc.contributor.authorLonneman, Michael
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Jaxine
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, Brandon
dc.contributor.authorEagle, Meagan
dc.contributor.authorSanderman, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorTodd‐Brown, Kathe
dc.contributor.authorBelshe, E Fay
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Lauren N
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorCorstanje, Ron
dc.contributor.authorJanousek, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorMorris, James T
dc.contributor.authorNoe, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorRovai, André
dc.contributor.authorSpivak, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorVahsen, Megan
dc.contributor.authorWindham‐Myers, Lisamarie
dc.contributor.authorKroeger, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorMegonigal, J Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T12:16:16Z
dc.date.available2024-08-19T12:16:16Z
dc.date.freetoread2024-08-19
dc.date.issued2024-01-01
dc.date.pubOnline2023-12-30
dc.description.abstractQuantifying carbon fluxes into and out of coastal soils is critical to meeting greenhouse gas reduction and coastal resiliency goals. Numerous ‘blue carbon’ studies have generated, or benefitted from, synthetic datasets. However, the community those efforts inspired does not have a centralized, standardized database of disaggregated data used to estimate carbon stocks and fluxes. In this paper, we describe a data structure designed to standardize data reporting, maximize reuse, and maintain a chain of credit from synthesis to original source. We introduce version 1.0.0. of the Coastal Carbon Library, a global database of 6723 soil profiles representing blue carbon‐storing systems including marshes, mangroves, tidal freshwater forests, and seagrasses. We also present the Coastal Carbon Atlas, an R‐shiny application that can be used to visualize, query, and download portions of the Coastal Carbon Library. The majority (4815) of entries in the database can be used for carbon stock assessments without the need for interpolating missing soil variables, 533 are available for estimating carbon burial rate, and 326 are useful for fitting dynamic soil formation models. Organic matter density significantly varied by habitat with tidal freshwater forests having the highest density, and seagrasses having the lowest. Future work could involve expansion of the synthesis to include more deep stock assessments, increasing the representation of data outside of the U.S., and increasing the amount of data available for mangroves and seagrasses, especially carbon burial rate data. We present proposed best practices for blue carbon data including an emphasis on disaggregation, data publication, dataset documentation, and use of standardized vocabulary and templates whenever appropriate. To conclude, the Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas serve as a general example of a grassroots F.A.I.R. (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data effort demonstrating how data producers can coordinate to develop tools relevant to policy and decision‐making.
dc.description.journalNameGlobal Change Biology
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Energy, Grant/AwardNumber: COMPASS-FME; Division of Environmental Biology, Grant/AwardNumber: DEB-1655622; National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration, Grant/Award Number: NA22OAR4310148; National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: DGE-1842473; Pew Charitable Trusts
dc.format.extente17098-
dc.format.mediumPrint
dc.identifier.citationHolmquist JR, Klinges D, Lonneman M, et al., (2024) The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy. Global Change Biology, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, pp. Article number e17098
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2486
dc.identifier.elementsID530283
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013
dc.identifier.issueNo1
dc.identifier.paperNoe17098
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17098
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22798
dc.identifier.volumeNo30
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.17098
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectblue carbon
dc.subjectcarbon sequestration
dc.subjectcoastal wetland
dc.subjectopen data
dc.subjectsea-level rise
dc.subjectsoil organic carbon
dc.subjectsynthesis
dc.subjectblue carbon
dc.subjectcarbon sequestration
dc.subjectcoastal wetland
dc.subjectopen data
dc.subjectsea-level rise
dc.subjectsoil organic carbon
dc.subjectsynthesis
dc.subject41 Environmental Sciences
dc.subject4106 Soil Sciences
dc.subject14 Life Below Water
dc.subjectblue carbon
dc.subjectcarbon sequestration
dc.subjectcoastal wetland
dc.subjectopen data
dc.subjectsea-level rise
dc.subjectsoil organic carbon
dc.subjectsynthesis
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subject31 Biological sciences
dc.subject37 Earth sciences
dc.subject41 Environmental sciences
dc.subject.meshCarbon
dc.subject.meshSoil
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshWetlands
dc.subject.meshPolicy
dc.subject.meshCarbon
dc.subject.meshSoil
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshWetlands
dc.subject.meshPolicy
dc.subject.meshCarbon
dc.subject.meshSoil
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshWetlands
dc.subject.meshPolicy
dc.titleThe Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.coverageEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-11-20

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