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Biomass Carbon in Estuarine Wetlands

By Ecosystems Land Change Science Program March 2023 (approx.)
map of conterminous United States showing coastal biomass carbon
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Peak total (above- and belowground) biomass carbon in estuarine herbaceous wetlands by hydrologic unit. From Figure 3 in Woltz et al. 2023 The darkest shades of blue represent estuaries with wetlands that store around 250 grams of carbon per square meter whereas red or orange areas can have around 2000 grams of carbon per square meter.

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