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- Describes the science and management of blue carbon in climate sciences as well as in marine sciences
- Summarizes and critically analyzes basic scientific data and data from blue carbon field projects
- Provides a practical guide on how to manage a successful blue carbon field project
- Offers advice on blue carbon management issues, problems, and possible adaptation strategies
- Highlights the vital role of blue carbon in climate mitigation
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies (BRIEFSCLIMATE)
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This work summarizes the science and management of a rapidly expanding topic in climate science, namely adaptation and mitigation. The term 'blue carbon' refers to the rates, pathways and volumes of greenhouse carbon sequestered in coastal estuarine and marine ecosystems such as salt marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows. Blue carbon and its vital role in climate change mitigation are central to this book.
Readers find summaries and analysis of both the basic scientific data and data from blue carbon field projects, and a practical guide on how to manage a successful blue carbon field project. There is a discussion on how to maximize the carbon sequestration and consideration of whether blue carbon projects make a difference.
The work is not only of interest to scholars involved in climate science, but also those in the marine sciences, and those in ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry; geochemistry; estuarine and marine plant ecology.
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Book Title: Blue Carbon
Book Subtitle: Coastal Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation
Authors: Daniel M. Alongi
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91698-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91697-2Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91698-9Published: 18 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2213-784X
Series E-ISSN: 2213-7858
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 88
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Biogeosciences, Climate Change Management and Policy, Ecosystems