Re-establishing marshes can turn a current carbon source into a carbon sink in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California, USA

River Deltas: Types, Structures and Ecology

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  Miller, Robin L ^a   Fujii, Roger ^a  

^a California Water Science Center   (United States)

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