Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3043-3057

  Trevathan Tackett, Stacey M ^a   Kelleway, Jeffrey ^a   Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b   Beardall, John ^c   Ralph, Peter ^a   Bellgrove, Alecia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Macroalgae; Mangrove; Plant cell wall; Pyrolysis; Saltmarsh; Seagrass; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84948145238     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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