Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests

Carbon Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-322

  Alongi, Daniel M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MASS; CARBON PRODUCTION; CARBON RICH; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; COASTAL HABITATS; FINE PARTICLES; GLOBAL OCEAN; MANGROVE FOREST; RAPID RATE; TROPICAL HUMID FORESTS;

GAS EMISSIONS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

CARBON;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84861828310     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.12.20     Document Type: Review

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