Comparing soil carbon sequestration in coastal freshwater wetlands with various geomorphic features and plant communities in Veracruz, Mexico

Plant and Soil

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 189-203

  Marín Muñiz, José Luis ^a   Hernández, María E ^b   Moreno Casasola, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b National Institute of Ecology   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; Marshes; Swamps; Tropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL WETLAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MARSH; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SWAMP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ANNONA GLABRA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS GIGANTEUS; FICUS INSIPIDA; PACHIRA; PONTEDERIA; PONTEDERIA SAGITTATA; THALIA GENICULATA; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 84898861529     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-2011-7     Document Type: Article

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