Economic value of biological attributes of artificial coral reefs

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 904-912

  Polak, Omer ^a,b   Shashar, Nadav ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; conservation; contingent valuation; diving; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CORAL REEF; DIVING; MARINE PARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84880378511     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst014     Document Type: Article

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