Valuing impacts of the invasive alga Didymosphenia geminata on recreational angling

Ecological Economics

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Beville, Stephen T ^a   Kerr, Geoffrey N ^a   Hughey, Kenneth F D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Management ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angling; Choice experiment; Didymo; Latent class

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANGLING; BIOSAFETY; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; VALUATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 84866520436     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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