Estimating Global "Blue Carbon" Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Pendleton, Linwood ^a   Donato, Daniel C ^b   Murray, Brian C ^a   Crooks, Stephen ^c   Jenkins, W Aaron ^a   Sifleet, Samantha ^d   Craft, Christopher ^e   Fourqurean, James W ^f   Kauffman, J Boone ^g,m   Marbà, Núria ^h   Megonigal, Patrick ⁱ   Pidgeon, Emily ^j   Herr, Dorothee ^k   Gordon, David ^a   Baldera, Alexis ^l  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ESA Phillip Williams and Associates   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^k International Union for the Conservation of Nature   (United States)

^l The Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

^m CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BLUE CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL WATERS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXHAUST GAS; HABITAT; LAND USE; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; WETLANDS;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84866051953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043542     Document Type: Article

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