Valuing the European 'coastal blue carbon' storage benefit

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 101-106

  Luisetti, T ^a,b   Jackson, E L ^c,d   Turner, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting stock value; Coastal blue carbon; Ecosystem services; Posidonia oceanica; Saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN WELFARE; POLICY REVERSAL; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SALT MARSHES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON;

BLUE CARBON; CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALT MARSH; SEAGRASS; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84878654027     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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