Valuing the regulatory services provided by marine ecosystems

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 686-698

  Mangi, Stephen C ^a   Davis, Clare E ^b   Payne, Laura A ^c   Austen, Melanie C ^a   Simmonds, Dave ^c   Beaumont, Nicola J ^a   Smyth, Tim ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation of wastes; Coastal wetlands; Environmental economics; Flood prevention; Gas and climate regulation; UK

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; SERVICE PROVISION; VALUATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959992521     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1095     Document Type: Article

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