Valuing blue carbon: carbon sequestration benefits provided by the marine protected areas in Colombia.

Marine protected areas are aimed to protect and conserve key ecosystems for the provision of a number of ecosystem services that are the basis for numerous economic activities. Among the several services that these areas provide, the capacity of sequestering (capturing and storing) organic carbon is...

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Main Authors: Tatiana G Zarate-Barrera, Jorge H Maldonado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4446267?pdf=render