Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 293-297

  Donato, Daniel C ^a   Kauffman, J Boone ^b   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^c   Kurnianto, Sofyan ^c   Stidham, Melanie ^b   Kanninen, Markku ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79955623482     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1123     Document Type: Article

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