Valuing changes in the quality of coral reef ecosystems: A stated preference study of SCUBA diving in the Bonaire National Marine Park

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-608

  Parsons, George R ^a   Thur, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Marine protected area; Non market valuation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS; PARKS; REEFS; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS MEDIA; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; CORAL REEFS; ECONOMIC VALUES; MAIL SURVEYS; MARINE PARKS; MIXED LOGIT; RANDOM UTILITY THEORY; RESPONSE RATES; SAMPLE SIZES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRINGER (CO); STATED PREFERENCE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CORAL REEF; DIVING; MARINE PARK; MARKET; SURVEY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAIRE; BONAIRE NATIONAL MARINE PARK; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 46649119341     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9171-y     Document Type: Article

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