Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (3998), 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w);The future of Blue Carbon science

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Macreadie, Peter I ^a   Anton, Andrea ^b   Raven, John A ^c,d,e   Beaumont, Nicola ^f   Connolly, Rod M ^g   Friess, Daniel A ^h   Kelleway, Jeffrey J ⁱ   Kennedy, Hilary ^j   Kuwae, Tomohiro ^k   Lavery, Paul S ^l   Lovelock, Catherine E ^m   Smale, Dan A ⁿ   Apostolaki, Eugenia T ^o   Atwood, Trisha B ^p   Baldock, Jeff ^q   Bianchi, Thomas S ^r   Chmura, Gail L ^s   Eyre, Bradley D ^t   Fourqurean, James W ^e,u   Hall Spencer, Jason M ^v,w   Huxham, Mark ^x   Hendriks, Iris E ^y   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^z   Laffoley, Dan ^aa   Luisetti, Tiziana ^ab   Marbà, Núria ^y   Masque, Pere ^e,l,ac   McGlathery, Karen J ^ad   Megonigal, J Patrick ^ae   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^af,ag   Russell, Bayden D ^ah   Santos, Rui ^ai   Serrano, Oscar ^l   Silliman, Brian R ^aj   Watanabe, Kenta ^k   Duarte, Carlos M ^b   more..

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^j BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^l EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁿ THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^o INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^p UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q CSIRO   (Australia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^s MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^t SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^u FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^x UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^y INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^z AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^aa IUCN   (Switzerland)

^ab CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^ac INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^ae SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^af CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^ag BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^aj DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CARBON; CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; GREENHOUSE GAS; TERMINOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON ECOSYSTEM; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 85071768012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13126-0     Document Type: Erratum

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