A long-term comparison of carbon sequestration rates in impounded and naturally tidal freshwater marshes along the Lower Waccamaw River, South Carolina

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 965-974

  Drexler, Judith Z ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^b   Sasser, M Craig ^c   Fuller, Christopher C ^d   Swarzenski, Christopher M ^a   Powell, Amber ^a   Swanson, Kathleen M ^a   Orlando, James ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Impounded; Tidal freshwater marsh; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRAINAGE; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MARSH; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883800902     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0456-3     Document Type: Article

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