Co-assessment of biomass and soil organic carbon stocks in a future reservoir area located in Southeast Asia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 723-741

  Descloux, Stéphane ^a   Chanudet, Vincent ^a   Poilvé, Hervé ^b   Grégoire, Alain ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^c Environmental Expert Consultant   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground and belowground biomass; Nam Theun 2 reservoir; Remote sensing; Subtropical reservoir

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS DENSITY; CARBON DENSITY; CONSTRUCTION SITES; COVER TYPES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LAND-COVER TYPES; LIGHT FOREST; LOW CARBON; NAM THEUN 2 RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR AREA; RIPARIAN FORESTS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL THICKNESS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBTROPICAL RESERVOIR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WEIGHTED MEAN;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPOT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROPOWER; LAND USE; LAOS; PLANT LITTER; RAIN FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWAMP; VEGETATION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIOMASS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

LAOS; THEUN RIVER;

EID: 79151472484     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1418-3     Document Type: Article

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