Gulf Islands National Park Reserve: Total Ecosystem Forest Carbon Density from 1990 to 2020 (English, French, ZIP)

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2024-01-12

“Gulf Islands National Park Reserve - Total Ecosystem Forest Carbon Density” is the annual carbon density (tonnes carbon per hectare) within Gulf Island’s forested ecosystems over a 31-year period from 1990 to 2020(tonnes carbon per hectare). Total Ecosystem Forest Carbon Density includes aboveground and belowground biomass, soil carbon, and dead organic matter. Total Ecosystem Forest Carbon Density was estimated for 31 national parks using the Generic Carbon Budget Model (GCBM), a spatially explicit carbon budget model developed by Canadian Forest Service which uses forest inventory, disturbance, and mean annual temperature data along with yield data to estimate growth and merchantable volume for dominant tree species. Species- and Ecozone-specific equations are then used to convert merchantable volume to aboveground and belowground biomass carbon. Ecozones were classified according to Canada Ecological Land Classification Level 1. The GCBM simulates carbon dynamics to produce spatially explicit estimations of carbon stocks and fluxes. The model simulates and tracks carbon stocks, transfers between Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-defined pools, and other metrics…

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