Oyster reefs as carbon sources and sinks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1859, 2017, Pages

  Fodrie, F Joel ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   Gittman, Rachel K ^b   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Lindquist, Niels L ^a   Peterson, Charles H ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Ridge, Justin T ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Habitat loss; Landscape; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT LOSS; INORGANIC CARBON; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; REEF; REEF FORMATION; SHELLFISH; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

OSTREIDAE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; OYSTER;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 85026454919     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0891     Document Type: Article

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