Soil carbon stocks and accumulation in young mangrove forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-232

  Lunstrum, Abby ^a,b   Chen, Luzhen ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Forestation; Kandelia obovata; Mangrove; Sonneratia apetala

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FORESTATION; KANDELIA OBOVATA; MANGROVE; SONNERATIA APETALA;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84899889321     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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