Carbon stocks of tropical coastal wetlands within the karstic landscape of the Mexican Caribbean.

Coastal wetlands can have exceptionally large carbon (C) stocks and their protection and restoration would constitute an effective mitigation strategy to climate change. Inclusion of coastal ecosystems in mitigation strategies requires quantification of carbon stocks in order to calculate emissions...

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Main Authors: Maria Fernanda Adame, J Boone Kauffman, Israel Medina, Julieta N Gamboa, Olmo Torres, Juan P Caamal, Miriam Reza, Jorge A Herrera-Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572964?pdf=render