Soil carbon may be maintained under grazing in a St Lawrence Estuary tidal marsh

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-320

  Yu, O T ^a,b   Chmura, G L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services; Grazing; Marsh restoration; Root production; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CARBON CREDITS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MARSH RESTORATION; ROOT PRODUCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY; WOOL;

WETLANDS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCRETION; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; GRAZING; LATITUDE; LITTER; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOME; SALINE SOIL; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; SHEEP; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952422314     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000184     Document Type: Article

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