Ecosystem services in the Mediterranean Sea: The need for an economic and business oriented approach

Mediterranean Sea: Ecosystems, Economic Importance and Environmental Threats

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-33

  Sardá, Rafael ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Mediterranean sea; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895374545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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