Salt Marsh at Plum Island Ecosystem (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Salt Marsh at Plum Island Ecosystem

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Salt marshes sequester carbon at rates more than an order of magnitude greater than their terrestrial counterparts. Core samples for this study where taken from this marsh in Rowley, Mass., part of the Plum Island Ecosystems NSF-LTER site.

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Aber, Aber, and Valentine, copyright 2009

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