Blue Carbon Coastal Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation /

• Main Author: Alongi, Daniel M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies,
• Subjects: Climate change.; Geobiology.; Ecosystems.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

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 marsh...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Intro
• 2. Blue carbon
• 3. Mitigation strategies
• 4. Adaptation and coping
• 5. A critical question: Will blue carbon projects make a difference?.