Global controls on carbon storage in mangrove soils

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 534-538

  Rovai, André S ^a,b   Twilley, Robert R ^a   Castañeda Moya, Edward ^a,e   Riul, Pablo ^c   Cifuentes Jara, Miguel ^d   Manrow Villalobos, Marilyn ^d   Horta, Paulo A ^b   Simonassi, José C ^b   Fonseca, Alessandra L ^b   Pagliosa, Paulo R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAST; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 85047829343     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0162-5     Document Type: Article

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