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Response of salt-marsh carbon accumulation to climate change [1]

A numerical model of salt marsh evolution shows that competition between mineral sediment deposition and organic matter accumulation determines the net impact of climate change on carbon accumulation in intertidal wetlands.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2012
Matthew L. Kirwan [2], Simon M. Mudd [3]
Nature [4]
489
7417
Tags:
Climate Change [5], Wetlands [6], Sediment Transport [7], Global Warming [8], Soil Capability [9], Climate Science [10], Sea Level Rise [11]
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