Blue carbon: Coastal ecosystems, their carbon storage, and potential for reducing emissions

Environment

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 14-29

  Siikamäki, Juha ^d   Sanchirico, James N ^a   Jardine, Sunny ^b   McLaughlin, David ^c   Morris, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c RFF ^*  (United States)

^d RFF   (United States)

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EID: 84887844248     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2013.843981     Document Type: Article

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