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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5085-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5085-2021
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16 Sep 2021
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Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical coastal wetlands and alternative agricultural land uses

Naima Iram, Emad Kavehei, Damien T. Maher, Stuart E. Bunn, Mehran Rezaei Rashti, Bahareh Shahrabi Farahani, and Maria Fernanda Adame

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Greenhouse gas emissions were measured and compared from natural coastal wetlands and their converted agricultural lands across annual seasonal cycles in tropical Australia. Ponded pastures emitted ~ 200-fold-higher methane than any other tested land use type, suggesting the highest greenhouse gas mitigation potential and financial incentives by the restoration of ponded pastures to natural coastal wetlands.
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