Areas of Potential Blue Carbon Accumulation in the Russian Arctic Identified by Landsat Imagery
The research was carried out with the support of the project “Carbon absorption potential of coastal wetlands under climate change” within the framework of Agreement with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 075-15-2024-656 dated September 11, 2024.
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2025-49-4-794-813Keywords:
blue carbon, Landsat 8-9, periodic inundation zone, the Arctic Ocean, NDVIAbstract
The coastal blue carbon budget is largely determined by the vegetation and processes occurring in the periodically flooded coastal zone, as well as the fluxes of matter from land to sea resulting from water and wind erosion and shoreline destruction. In this regard, it appears important to delineate the periodically flooded zone and to assess its condition in terms of the presence of vegetation and the potential for erosion on adjacent shoreline soils. Using the archive of Landsat 8-9 satellite data for the period from 2014 to 2024, we analyzed the dynamics of the coastline of the Russian sector of the Arctic Ocean. Zones that are periodically flooded were identified. We estimated the potential amount of aboveground phytomass in the periodic inundation zone and revealed the areas where the phytomass was absent and where it content was highest. The analysis of the adjacent coastal soils revealed areas with a high potential for organic matter export to the coastal zone as a result of soil erosion and shoreline destruction. According to the data obtained, the area of the periodically flooded coastal zone in the Russian sector of the Arctic Ocean (excluding a similar zone in the island part of the region) exceeds 46 thousand km2. We have identified 24 largest zones that are distributed fairly evenly along the coast. The easternmost part of the coast proves to be the only area with no large zones identified. Taking into account the potential carbon input into the coastal zone from coastal soils, we have established that the zones with the greatest potential for blue coastal carbon accumulation are in the area of the Cheshskaya Bay, the mouth of the Pechora (the Barents Sea) and the Ob (the Kara Sea), the Tazovskaya Bay (the Kara Sea) and the mouth of the Kolyma (the East Siberian Sea). The lowest potential is characteristic of the Faddey Bay, the Teresa Klavenes Bay (the Laptev Sea), and the area near Vaigach Island (the Kara Sea). The results obtained will serve as a basis for more detailed modeling of the carbon balance in the coastal zone of the study area, as well as for the identification of sites for continuous monitoring of the coastal blue carbon balance.
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