Mangrove Range Expansion Rapidly Increases Coastal Wetland Carbon Storage

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 385-396

  Doughty, Cheryl L ^a   Langley, J Adam ^a   Walker, Wayne S ^b   Feller, Ilka C ^c   Schaub, Ronald ^d   Chapman, Samantha K ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Climate change; Ecotone; Mangrove; Range expansion; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOTONE; GLOBAL WARMING; MANGROVE; RANGE EXPANSION; SALTMARSH; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84957440601     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9993-8     Document Type: Article

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