Seagrass Restoration Enhances "Blue Carbon" Sequestration in Coastal Waters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Greiner, Jill T ^a   McGlathery, Karen J ^a   Gunnell, John ^b   McKee, Brent A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CARBON; CARBON; LEAD 210; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT PARAMETERS; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SHOOT DENSITY; UNITED STATES; ZOSTERA MARINA;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84881482662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072469     Document Type: Article

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