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InVEST Blue Carbon Model USGS

Model Specifics Inputs Outputs Biophysical Biophysical Carbon storage (Mg C/ha) Carbon sequestration (Mg C/ha/yr) Economic value of carbon storage and sequestration Maps of nearshore marine veg. Amt. stored in 4 carbon ‘pools’ Aboveground biomass Belowground biomass Sediments Dead organic matter Rate of carbon accumulation in sediments for each veg. type Market or social value of seq. carbon Annual rate of change and a discount rate Economic (optional) Economic (optional)

InVEST Blue Carbon model Estimates: How much carbon is stored in coastal vegetation and sediments Carbon accumulation in the sediments Economic value of storage and sequestration

Blue Carbon Lit Review Mangrove Accumulation Rate (tons of CO2e/ha/yr)

Freeport, TX : Land Use/ Land Cover ‘Marsh’ (store carbon) Blue Carbon Model Process Freeport, TX : Land Use/ Land Cover ‘Marsh’ (store carbon) No Carbon Ignore Transitional Salt Marsh Irregularly flooded marsh Regularly Flooded Marsh Vegetated Tidal Flat  Developed Dry Land Undeveloped Dry Land Estuarine Water Tidal Creek Open Ocean Tidal Flat Cypress Swamp Inland Fresh Marsh Tidal Fresh Marsh Mangrove Estuarine Beach Ocean Beach Ocean Flat Rocky Intertidal Inland Open Water Riverine Tidal Open Water Inland Shore Tidal Swamp Backshore Nontidal Swamp Transitional Salt Marsh Irregularly flooded marsh Regularly Flooded Marsh Vegetated Tidal Flat Developed Dry Land Undeveloped Dry Land Estuarine Water Tidal Creek Open Ocean Tidal Flat

FREEPORT, TEXAS

InVEST Blue Carbon Inputs FREEPORT, TEXAS (Dow Chemical Plant) SCENARIOS: No Management High Green 2006 2025 2050 2075 2100 Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) SLAMM Outputs InVEST Blue Carbon Inputs

Transitional Matrix (% change over 25-year period) 7 25 50 3.57 % accumulation % loss no change (0%) (% change over 25-year period)   Transitions to… (t2) Starts as… (t1) Transitional Salt Marsh Irregularly flooded marsh Regularly Flooded Marsh Vegetated Tidal Flat Developed Dry Land Undeveloped Dry Land Estuarine Water Tidal Creek Open Ocean Tidal Flat 7 25 50 3.57 No change No change Tidal Flat

NO MANAGEMENT (2006 – 2100) HIGH GREEN (2006 – 2100) Emissions Sequestration HIGH GREEN (2006 – 2100) Emissions Sequestration No Management High Green 2006-2025 4,031,180 4,172,370 2025-2050 -1,170,580 684,276 2050-2075 -7,403,690 -5,525,100 2075-2100 -7,609,020 -8,663,600 100-Year Total: -12,152,100 -9,332,050

InVEST Blue Carbon in Galveston Bay – Preliminary Results

InVEST Blue Carbon in Galveston Bay – Preliminary Results