Refractory organic matter in coastal salt marshes-effect on C sequestration calculations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 633, Issue , 2018, Pages 391-398

  Leorri, Eduardo ^a   Zimmerman, Andrew R ^b   Mitra, Siddhartha ^a   Christian, Robert R ^a   Fatela, Francisco ^c   Mallinson, David J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon 13; Carbon 14; Organic matter; Refractory carbon; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON 14; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON-13; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; REFRACTORY CARBON; REFRACTORY ORGANIC MATTER; SALT MARSHES; STEEP GRADIENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALLOCHTHON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALT MARSH; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85044130826     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.120     Document Type: Article

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