To preserve or to develop? East Bay dredging project, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-563

  Zuidema, Chris ^a   Plate, Richard ^a   Dikou, Angela ^a  

^a Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Benthic habitat; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Emergy; Turks and Caicos Islands

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

CAICOS ISLANDS; CANADA; EAST BAY; NUNAVUT; SOUTH CAICOS; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA;

EID: 80053996888     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-011-0144-5     Document Type: Article

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