Carbon Sequestration and Sediment Accretion in San Francisco Bay Tidal Wetlands

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1163-1181

  Callaway, John C ^a   Borgnis, Evyan L ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b   Milan, Charles S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; Carbon offsets; Climate change; Mineral matter accumulation; Organic matter accumulation; Salt marsh; San Francisco Bay Estuary; Sea level rise; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLICY APPROACH; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CARBON; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865558457     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9508-9     Document Type: Article

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