Salt marsh ecosystem services account (38100161)
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Global Climate Regulation: The carbon sequestration rate used for this calculation is from Table 1 in McLeod, E., et al. (2011),
A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9(10), 552 – 560.
This rate was applied to the extent area.
Coastal protection services: The length of saltmarsh given in the table is an estimate of the maximum straight line length of salt marshes along coastlines.
Population and dwellings are considered as receiving protection if the associated Census blockface point has salt marsh directly between it and the closest ocean area. These estimates are based on primary residence location.
Recreation services: The population within 1 km of saltmarsh is estimated to be the population of potential daily users. Census blockface data was used for the population counts and to ascertain population location. These estimates are based on primary residence location.
Service related to Non use values: Share of protected salt marsh area was estimated using the Canadian Protected and 2021 Conserved Area Database (CPCAD).
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