A first estimate of the effect of offshore wind farms on sedimentary organic carbon stocks in the Southern North Sea

Offshore wind farms (OWFs) can increase the transfer and stock of organic carbon (OC) in the surrounding sediments during their operational phase, while their construction and decommissioning release carbon. To answer the question whether sediments of OWFs trap more OC than they release, we estimate...

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Main Authors: Knut Heinatz, Maike Iris Esther Scheffold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1068967/full