Carbon storage in US wetlands

Wetlands store large quantities of carbon, the distribution and quantity of which is little known. Here, Nahlik and Fennessy use data collected as part of the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment to estimate wetland carbon stocks across the United States, illustrating total storage of 11.52 Pg...

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Main Authors: A. M. Nahlik, M. S. Fennessy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13835
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description Wetlands store large quantities of carbon, the distribution and quantity of which is little known. Here, Nahlik and Fennessy use data collected as part of the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment to estimate wetland carbon stocks across the United States, illustrating total storage of 11.52 PgC.
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