Valuing blue carbon: Carbon sequestration benefits provided by the marine protected areas in Colombia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Zarate Barrera, Tatiana G ^a   Maldonado, Jorge H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CARBON; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; SEA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84959455303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126627     Document Type: Article

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