Economic valuation of freshwater ecosystem services in the United States: 1971-1997

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 772-783

  Wilson, Matthew A ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Freshwater ecosystems; Lake; Nonmarket ecosystem services; River; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKE; RIVER; STREAM; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEDONIC ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033179014     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0772:EVOFES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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