Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 42-50

  Howard, Jennifer ^a   Sutton Grier, Ariana ^b,c   Herr, Dorothée ^d   Kleypas, Joan ^e   Landis, Emily ^f   Mcleod, Elizabeth ^f   Pidgeon, Emily ^a   Simpson, Stefanie ^g  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IUCN   (Switzerland)

^e National Center for Atmospheric Research   (Colombia)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g Restore America s Estuaries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANGROVE; MARINE POLICY; SEAGRASS;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85011000643     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1451     Document Type: Article

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