Fate of Soil Organic Carbon During Wetland Loss

Wetlands

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1167-1181

  Lane, Robert R ^a,b   Mack, Sarah K ^c   Day, John W ^a,b   DeLaune, Ronald D ^a   Madison, Maxine J ^d   Precht, Phil R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Comite Resources Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Tierra Resources LLC   (United States)

^d ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas emissions; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERBICIDE; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; WETLAND;

EID: 84990933987     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0834-8     Document Type: Article

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