Quantifying and modelling the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass meadows - A critical assessment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 430-439

  Macreadie, P I ^a   Baird, M E ^a,b   Trevathan Tackett, S M ^a   Larkum, A W D ^a   Ralph, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon; Carbon sink; Modelling; Seagrass; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS;

ABATEMENT POTENTIALS; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DATA ASSIMILATION MODEL; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SEAGRASSES; SEQUESTRATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; MODELING; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WETLAND; ALISMATALES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; METABOLISM;

CARBON;

ALISMATIDAE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899930523     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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