Rapid losses of surface elevation following tree girdling and cutting in tropical mangroves

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Lang'at, Joseph Kipkorir Sigi ^a,b   Kairo, James G ^a   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^c,g   Bouillon, Steven ^d   Skov, Martin W ^e   Waldron, Susan ^f   Huxham, Mark ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BULK DENSITY; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HARVESTING; HETEROTROPHY; KENYA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; SEDIMENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KENYA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84907425199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107868     Document Type: Article

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