An approach and preliminary model of integrating ecological and economic constraints of environmental quality in the Guayas River estuary, Ecuador

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-288

  Twilley, Robert R ^a   R Gottfried, Robert ^b   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^a   Zhang, Wanqiao ^a   Montaño Armijos, Mariano ^c   Bodero, Alejandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^c ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^d Proyecto Manejo de Recurs Costeros   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Ecological modeling; Ecosystem management; Mangroves; Shrimp pond aquaculture; Tropical estuary; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0000224288     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(98)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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