Carbon burial and storage in tropical salt marshes under the influence of sea level rise

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 630, Issue , 2018, Pages 1628-1640

  Ruiz Fernandez A C ^a   Carnero Bravo, V ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^a   Perez Bernal L H ^a   Amaya Monterrosa, O A ^b   Bojorquez Sanchez S ^c   Lopez Mendoza P G ^a   Cardoso Mohedano, J G ^d   Dunbar, R B ^e   Mucciarone, D A ^e   Marmolejo Rodriguez A J ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^c Master Program in Applied Sciences   (Mexico)

^d Jalisco   (Mexico)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Corg burial rate; Corg stock; Sea level rise; Tropical salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CORG STOCK; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LONG-TERM PRESERVATION; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISE; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBON 13; DELTA CARBON 13; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SALTMARSH; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EL SALVADOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; JIQUILISCO BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO; SIAN KAAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SINALOA; URIAS LAGOON; USULUTAN;

SIA;

EID: 85056809820     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.246     Document Type: Article

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