Carbon storage in US wetlands

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Nahlik, A M ^a,b   Fennessy, M S ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; SALT WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIELD METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85005979502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13835     Document Type: Article

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