Restoring tides to reduce methane emissions in impounded wetlands: A new and potent Blue Carbon climate change intervention

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kroeger, Kevin D ^a   Crooks, Stephen ^b   Moseman Valtierra, Serena ^c   Tang, Jianwu ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SILVESTRUM CLIMATE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85029615648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12138-4     Document Type: Article

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