Carbon sequestration in different wetland plant communities in the Big Cypress Swamp region of southwest Florida

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-28

  Villa, Jorge A ^a,b,c   Mitsch, William J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universitaria Lasallista   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate regulation; Cypress swamp; Everglades; Subtropical wetland; Taxodium distichum

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL CARBON; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CUPRESSUS; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM;

EID: 84927019732     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2014.973909     Document Type: Article

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