Mangrove carbon sink. Do burrowing crabs contribute to sediment carbon storage? Evidence from a Kenyan mangrove system

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 524-533

  Andreetta, Anna ^a   Fusi, Marco ^a,b   Cameldi, Irene ^a   Cimò, Filippo ^c   Carnicelli, Stefano ^a   Cannicci, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon Burial; Carbon Stock; Crabs; Mangrove; Soil

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); BURROWING ORGANISM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

COAST PROVINCE; GAZI BAY; KENYA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORA;

EID: 84887818531     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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