Coastal landforms and accumulation of mangrove peat increase carbon sequestration and storage

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 4404-4409

  Ezcurra, Paula ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b   Garcillán, Pedro P ^c   Costa, Matthew T ^a   Aburto Oropeza, Octavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Mangroves; Peat

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PEAT; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CARIBBEAN; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HALOPHYTE; MANGROVE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; WETLAND; BAJA CALIFORNIA; DESERT; LANDSCAPE; PEATLAND; SCRUB; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE;

CARBON; MEXICO; WETLANDS;

EID: 84964388559     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519774113     Document Type: Article

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