Ecosystem carbon stocks across a tropical intertidal habitat mosaic of mangrove forest, seagrass meadow, mudflat and sandbar

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1387-1400

  Phang, Valerie X H ^a   Chou, L M ^a   Friess, Daniel A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Climate change mitigation; Ecosystem services; Intertidal habitats

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ECOSYSTEM CARBONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTERTIDAL HABITATS; MANGROVE FOREST; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEDIMENT ORGANIC CARBON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT MOSAIC; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; ORGANIC CARBON; SANDBAR; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TROPICAL REGION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84938548895     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3745     Document Type: Article

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