Economic value of angling at a reservoir with low visitation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-104

  Chizinski, Christopher J ^a   Pope, Kevin L ^a   Willis, David B ^a   Wilde, Gene R ^a   Rossman, Edwin J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RESERVOIR; SPORT FISHING;

LAKE KEMP; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944420559     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-102.1     Document Type: Article

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