Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b   Ollivier, Q R ^a   Kelleway, J J ^b,c   Serrano, O ^d,e   Carnell, P E ^a   Ewers Lewis, C J ^a   Atwood, T B ^f,g   Sanderman, J ^h,i   Baldock, J ⁱ   Connolly, R M ^j   Duarte, C M ^k   Lavery, P S ^d,l   Steven, A ⁱ   Lovelock, C E ^g  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^l CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 85014889550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep44071     Document Type: Article

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