Soil Organic Carbon Storage Changes in Coastal Wetlands of the Liaohe Delta, China, Based on Landscape Patterns

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 967-976

  Zhao, G ^a,b,c,d   Ye, S ^a,b,d   Li, G ^c   Yu, X ^e   McClellan, S A ^f  

^a China Geologic Survey   (China)

^b National Bureau of Oceanography No 1 Research Institute   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^e NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Landscape pattern; Liaohe Delta; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COASTAL WETLAND; DIGITAL IMAGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEVEE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA; LIAOHE DELTA; LIAONING;

EID: 84996565774     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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