Modeled CO2 emissions from coastal wetland transitions to other land uses: Tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass beds

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^b   Morris, James T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Blue carbon; Decomposition; Disturbance; Organic matter; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020122093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00143     Document Type: Article

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