Variability and Vulnerability of Coastal ‘Blue Carbon’ Stocks: A Case Study from Southeast Australia

Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 263-279

  Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J ^a   Carnell, Paul E ^a   Sanderman, Jonathan ^b,c   Baldock, Jeffrey A ^b   Macreadie, Peter I ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blue carbon; climate change; coastal; greenhouse gas emissions; mangrove; saltmarsh; seagrass; soil carbon; stocks; tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85018679277     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0150-z     Document Type: Article

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