Avoiding mangrove destruction by avoiding carbon dioxide emissions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 14287-14288

  Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON STORAGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84865966643     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211718109     Document Type: Note

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