Coastal Blue Carbon Assessment of Mangroves, Salt Marshes, and Salt Barrens in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1496-1510

  Radabaugh, Kara R ^a   Moyer, Ryan P ^a   Chappel, Amanda R ^a   Powell, Christina E ^a,b   Bociu, Ioana ^a,c   Clark, Barbara C ^a,d   Smoak, Joseph M ^e  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Loss on ignition; Mangrove; Peat; Salt marsh; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; SALTMARSH; SOIL CARBON; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85039866198     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0362-7     Document Type: Article

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