The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 160-169

  Jerath, Meenakshi ^a   Bhat, Mahadev ^a   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^b   Castañeda Moya, Edward ^b   Simard, Marc ^c   Twilley, Robert R ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon economic value; Carbon storage; Ecosystem services; Mangroves; The Florida Everglades

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLORIDA; FOREST; FUNDING; HUMAN; MANGROVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WELLBEING; WETLAND;

EID: 84989833964     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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