Impact of seagrass loss and subsequent revegetation on carbon sequestration and stocks

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 296-302

  Marbà, Núria ^a   Arias Ortiz, Ariane ^b   Masqué, Pere ^b,c,d   Kendrick, Gary A ^c   Mazarrasa, Inés ^a   Bastyan, Geoff R ^c   Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posidonia australis; Aquatic plant ecology; Blue carbon; Burial; Carbon sink; Climate change mitigation; Erosion; Oyster Harbour; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MEADOW; MITIGATION; REVEGETATION; SEAGRASS;

OSTREIDAE; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84922793171     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12370     Document Type: Article

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