A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an i
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Mcleod, Elizabeth; Chmura, Gail L; Bouillon, Steven; Salm, Rodney; Björk, Mats;
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Article
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2011
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Ecological Society of America
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English
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Recent research has highlighted the valuable role that coastal and marine ecosystems play in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO~2~). The carbon (C) sequestered in vegetated coastal ecosystems, specifically mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes, has been termed “blue carbon”. Although their