Wetlands and global climate change: The role of wetland restoration in a changing world

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-84

  Erwin, Kevin L ^a  

^a Kevin L Erwin Consulting Ecologist Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic wetlands; Carbon sink; Climate change; Freshwater marsh and forests; Mangroves; Mekong river delta; Peatlands; Salt marsh; Seagrasses; Southern Ontario; Sundarban; Wetland hydrology; Wetland restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 58349083234     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9119-1     Document Type: Article

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