Restoring coastal plants to improve global carbon storage: Reaping what we sow

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Irving, Andrew D ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a   Russell, Bayden D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HABITAT; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; SALT MARSH; SEAGRASS; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INTERNATIONALITY; PLANTS; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79953217688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018311     Document Type: Article

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