Stability of organic carbon accumulating in Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marshes of the Mid-Atlantic U.S.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 179-189

  Unger, Viktoria ^a   Elsey Quirk, Tracy ^a,b   Sommerfield, Christopher ^c   Velinsky, David ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Estuaries; Labile carbon; Refractory carbon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CORE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASS; MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CARBON;

BARNEGAT BAY; DELAWARE ESTUARY; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 85008661158     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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