The spatial distribution of soil organic carbon in tidal wetland soils of the continental United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 5468-5480

  Hinson, Audra L ^a   Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Eriksson, Marian ^a   Najjar, Raymond G ^b   Herrmann, Maria ^b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^c   Kemp, Michael ^d   Hutchings, Jack A ^c   Crooks, Steve ^e   Boutton, Thomas ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e SILVESTRUM CLIMATE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

blue carbon; coastal; mangroves; National Wetlands Inventory; salt marsh; soil organic carbon; Soil Survey Geographical; tidal; wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; SALTMARSH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; SOIL; TIDAL WAVES; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

EID: 85034079129     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13811     Document Type: Article

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