Assessing the CO2 capture potential of seagrass restoration projects

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1341-1349

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a,b,c   Sintes, Tomás ^d   Marbà, Núria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon burial; Climate change; Mitigation; Restoration; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEADOW; PLANTATION; POLLUTION TAX; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84887610762     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12155     Document Type: Article

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