Long term carbon storage potential and CO2 sink strength of a restored salt marsh in New Jersey

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 313-321

  Artigas, Francisco ^a   Shin, Jin Young ^a   Hobble, Christine ^a   Marti Donati, Alejandro ^b   Schäfer, Karina V R ^c   Pechmann, Ildiko ^a  

^a Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 flux; Marsh coring; Mixed high marsh low marsh vegetation; Tidal effect; Urban tidal salt marsh

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDE GAUGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WIND DIRECTION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84919363425     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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