Carbon sequestration and sedimentation in mangrove swamps influenced by hydrogeomorphic conditions and urbanization in Southwest Florida

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Marchio, Daniel A ^a   Savarese, Michael ^a   Bovard, Brian ^a   Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Coastal geomorphology; Mangrove wetlands; Rhizophora mangle; Sea level rise; Sediment accretion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LAND USE; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANGROVE SWAMP; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SEA LEVEL RISE; STANDARD ERRORS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY;

ACCRETION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANGROVE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; URBANIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84976262232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7060116     Document Type: Article

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