Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 206-213

  Macreadie, Peter I ^a   Nielsen, Daniel A ^b   Kelleway, Jeffrey J ^b,c   Atwood, Trisha B ^d   Seymour, Justin R ^b   Petrou, Katherina ^b   Connolly, Rod M ^e   Thomson, Alexandra CG ^b   Trevathan Tackett, Stacey M ^a,b   Ralph, Peter J ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARSH; SEAGRASS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85017621714     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1484     Document Type: Article

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