Coral reef quality and recreation fees in marine protected areas

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Wielgus, Jeffrey ^a,b   Balmford, Andrew ^b   Lewis, Tiffany B ^a,c   Mora, Camilo ^d,e   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Diving; Economics; Financing; Management; Marine protected areas; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77958513183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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