Carbon Sequestration in Tidal Salt Marshes of the Northeast United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 998-1008

  Drake, Katherine ^a   Halifax, Holly ^a,b   Adamowicz, Susan C ^c   Craft, Christopher ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Government Accountability Office   (United States)

^c Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon trading; Management; Radiometric dating; Salt marsh; US National Wildlife Refuge

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; LAKES; LEAD; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON TRADING; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SALT MARSHES; WILDLIFE REFUGE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; CESIUM 137; FRESH WATER; LEAD 210; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PERCENT NITROGEN; PERCENT ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSIONS TRADING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; REFUGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SOIL PROPERTY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SALT MARSH; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIDAL SALT MARSH; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW ENGLAND; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84940962398     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0568-z     Document Type: Article

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