Carbon sequestration in two created riverine wetlands in the midwestern united states

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1236-1244

  Bernal, Blanca ^a   Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; ACCUMULATION RATES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RIVERINE WETLANDS; WETLAND HYDROLOGY;

FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

FRESH WATER; CARBON; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST; SEDIMENT; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84881508434     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0229     Document Type: Article

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