Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 29, Problem 11TYK
Which of the following constitute a large store of organic carbon that could contribute to increasing CO2 levels and global climate change should its decomposition rate increase?
- a. huge tropical swamps dominated by mosses and ferns
- b. peatlands
- c. coal deposits formed from Cambrian forests
- d. the abundant epiphytic lycophytes found in tropical regions
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