Carbon stocks and potential carbon storage in the mangrove forests ofChina

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-93

  Liu, Hongxiao ^a   Ren, Hai ^a   Hui, Dafeng ^b   Wang, Wenqing ^c   Liao, Baowen ^d   Cao, Qingxian ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Coastal carbon; Mangrove; Potential carbon storage; Soil organic carbon; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLICY MAKING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; WETLAND;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; LATITUDE; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; SEEDLING; SOIL;

CHINA;

CARBON STOCK; COASTAL CARBON; MANGROVE; POTENTIAL CARBON STORAGE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WETLAND;

CARBON; CHINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84890908873     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.037     Document Type: Article

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