Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Their Environmental Control in a Reclaimed Coastal Wetland in the Yangtze Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 344-362

  Zhong, Qicheng ^a   Wang, Kaiyun ^b   Lai, Qifang ^a   Zhang, Chao ^c   Zheng, Liang ^a   Wang, Jiangtao ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c East China Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 sink capacity; Coastal wetland; Land reclamations; Yangtze estuary

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; COASTAL WETLAND; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWING SEASON; LAND RECLAMATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; DONGTAN; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84957430126     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9997-4     Document Type: Article

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