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Climate Benefits From Salt Marshes: Opportunities for Methane Reductions via Restoration of Tidal Flows

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data were grouped by salinity class. Mean methane included a series of sites on the N emissions were significantly lower for polyhaline (>18) ranged in salinity from 0 to 5.5, a la systems than the other salinity classes (Table 2). Methane from a single marsh with an ave Climate Benefits From Salt Opportunities for et al. 2009), and a third data emissions were generally lower Marshes: in mesohaline (5–18) (Keller Methane Reductions via Restoration of Tidal Flowssingle marsh with average salinity of systems than in freshwater (