Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3967-3983

  Kelleway, Jeffrey J ^a   Cavanaugh, Kyle ^b   Rogers, Kerrylee ^c   Feller, Ilka C ^d   Ens, Emilie ^a   Doughty, Cheryl ^b   Saintilan, Neil ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blue carbon; climate change; coastal protection; cultural values; habitat function; mangrove expansion; nutrient cycling; salt marsh; sea level rise; threatened species

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AVES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; SALINITY; WETLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SALINITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 85019554190     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13727     Document Type: Review

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