Glob Chang Biol. 2021 Dec 19; doi: 10.1111/gcb.16048. Epub 2021 Dec 19.

Response to concerns regarding the role of Antarctic blue carbon habitats in a global context.

Global change biology

Nadescha Zwerschke, David K A Barnes, Chester J Sands

PMID: 34927317 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16048

[No abstract available.]

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