Assessment of carbon sequestration potential in coastal wetlands

Recarbonization of the Biosphere: Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 517-532

  Morris, James T ^a   Edwards, James ^b   Crooks, Stephen ^c   Reyes, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Climate Change Services   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Autochthonous; Carbon sequestration; Carbon stocks; Coastal ecosystems; Coastal wetlands; Digital elevation model; Diking; Drainage; Holocene; Mangroves; Marsh equilibrium model; Organic rich soil; Primary productivity; Sea level rise; Subsidence; Suspended solids; Tidal amplitude; Tidal marshes; Tide range

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949204209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4159-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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