Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I Introduction to Carbon Management in Wetlands -- Chapter 1 A Review of Global Wetland Carbon Stocks and Management Challenges -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Past Changes in Wetland Carbon Stocks -- 1.3. Methodologies -- 1.4. Estimates of Wetland Stocks by Wetland Types -- 1.5. Global Summary of Wetland Carbon Stocks -- 1.6. Future Changes in Wetland Carbon Stocks -- 1.7. Uncertainties and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Wetland Carbon in the United States: Conditions and Changes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Wetland Distribution, Types, and Carbon Stock in the United States -- 2.3. Effects of Land Use Change in Recent Decades on Wetland Carbon -- 2.4. Impact of Wildfire on Wetland Carbon -- 2.5. U.S. Wetland Management as a Carbon-Relevant Landcover Change -- 2.6. Outlook and Future Research Needs -- References -- Chapter 3 Biogeochemistry of Wetland Carbon Preservation and Flux -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Radiative balances and radiative forcing -- 3.3. Factors controlling carbon preservation -- 3.4. Greenhouse gas emissions and other losses -- 3.5. Management of wetland carbon preservation and flux -- 3.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 An Overview of the History and Breadth of Wetland Management Practices -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Development of Wetland Management -- 4.3. Management Requires Protection -- 4.4. Wetland Management Practices -- 4.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II Tidal Wetlands: Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Management -- Chapter 5 Carbon Flux, Storage, and Wildlife Co-Benefits in a Restoring Estuary: Case Study at the Nisqually River Delta, Washington -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Methods -- 5.3. Results -- 5.4. Discussion. , 5.5. Implications for policy and management -- 5.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Enhancing Carbon Storage in Mangrove Ecosystems of China through Sustainable Restoration and Aquaculture Actions -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Methods -- 6.3. Results -- 6.4. Discussion -- 6.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Potential for Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration by Restoring Tidal Connectivity and Enhancing Soil Surface Elevations in Denuded and Degraded South Florida Mangrove Ecosystems -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Methods -- 7.3. Results -- 7.4. Discussion -- 7.5. Management application -- 7.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Data Availability -- References -- Chapter 8 Optimizing Carbon Stocks and Sedimentation in Indonesian Mangroves under Different Management Regimes -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Assessing mangrove properties -- 8.3. Mangrove management and carbon dynamics -- 8.4. Discussion -- 8.5. Management implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Hydrological Rehabilitation and Sediment Elevation as Strategies to Restore Mangroves in Terrigenous and Calcareous Environments in Mexico -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Materials and methods -- 9.3. Results -- 9.4. Discussion -- 9.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10 Controlling Factors of Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in the Coastal Wetland Sediments of the Modern Yellow River Delta Area, China: Links to Land Management -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Materials and methods -- 10.3. Results -- 10.4. Discussion -- 10.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11 The Impacts of Aquaculture Activities on Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in the Subtropical Estuarine Zones of China -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Methods -- 11.3. Results -- 11.4. Discussion -- 11.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References. , Chapter 12 Soil and Aboveground Carbon Stocks in a Planted Tropical Mangrove Forest (Can Gio, Vietnam) -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Methods -- 12.3. Results -- 12.4. Discussion -- 12.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part III Non-Tidal and Inland Wetlands: Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Management -- Chapter 13 Carbon Flux Trajectories and Site Conditions from Restored Impounded Marshes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Methods -- 13.3. Results -- 13.4. Discussion -- 13.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 14 Land Management Strategies Influence Soil Organic Carbon Stocks of Prairie Potholes of North America -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Methods -- 14.3. Results -- 14.4. Discussion -- 14.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15 Environmental and Human Drivers of Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Ebro Delta, Spain -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Wetlands and rice fields in the Ebro Delta -- 15.3. Carbon dynamics in Ebro Delta wetlands -- 15.4. Carbon dynamics in Ebro Delta rice fields -- 15.5. An ecosystem perspective on the carbon cycle in the Ebro Delta wetlands -- 15.6. Management implications -- 15.7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 16 Controls on Carbon Loss During Fire in Managed Herbaceous Peatlands of the Florida Everglades -- 16.1. INTRODUCTION -- 16.2. METHODS -- 16.3. RESULTS -- 16.4. DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 17 Winter Flooding to Conserve Agricultural Peat Soils in a Temperate Climate: Effect on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Methods -- 17.3. Results -- 17.4. Discussion -- 17.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 18 Carbon Storage in the Coastal Swamp Oak Forest Wetlands of Australia. , 18.1. Introduction -- 18.2. Methods -- 18.3. Results -- 18.4. Discussion -- 18.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 19 Managing Water Regimes: Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fires in Indonesian Tropical Peat Swamp Forests -- 19.1. Introduction -- 19.2. Methods and assessment of key parameters -- 19.3. Results -- 19.4. Discussion -- 19.5. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 20 Carbon Fluxes and Potential Soil Accumulation within Greater Everglades Cypress and Pine Forested Wetlands -- 20.1. Introduction -- 20.2. Methods -- 20.3. Results and Discussion -- 20.4. Management Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 21 Modeling the Impacts of Hydrology and Management on Carbon Balance at the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina, USA -- 21.1. Introduction -- 21.2. Methods -- 21.3. Results -- 21.4. Discussion -- 21.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part IV Syntheses and Perspectives -- Chapter 22 Ecosystem Service Co-Benefits of Wetland Carbon Management -- 22.1. Wetland Delivery of Ecosystem Services -- 22.2. Ecosystem Service Values -- 22.3. Carbon Management and Ecosystem Service Co-Benefits -- 22.4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 23 Status and Challenges of Wetlands in Carbon Markets -- 23.1. Carbon Markets -- 23.2. Protocols and Carbon Accounting -- 23.3. Carbon Project Development -- 23.4. Project Development Economics -- 23.5. Wetlands Carbon Market Challenges -- 23.6. Wetland Carbon Research Needs -- 23.7. Policy and Other Considerations -- 23.8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 24 The Importance of Wetland Carbon Dynamics to Society: Insight from the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Science Report -- 24.1. Introduction -- 24.2. Summary of Findings from SOCCR2 -- 24.3. Managed Wetlands and the Carbon Cycle. , 24.4. Climate Change and Wetland Carbon Dynamics -- 24.5. Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 25 Summary of Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management: Path Forward -- 25.1. Introduction -- 25.2. Path forward -- References -- Index -- EULA.