Methane emissions partially offset “blue carbon” burial in mangroves

Science Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Rosentreter, Judith A ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a   Erler, Dirk V ^a   Murray, Rachel H ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; METHANE EMISSIONS; ORGANIC MATTER BURIAL;

CARBON;

EID: 85049166598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4985     Document Type: Article

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