Mangrove methane biogeochemistry in the Indian Sundarbans: A proposed budget

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Dutta, Manab K ^a,b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Sandip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget; Mangrove; Methane; Methanogenesis; Methanotrophy; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021220547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00187     Document Type: Article

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