Determining the willingness to pay for ecosystem service restoration in a degraded coastal watershed: A ninth grade investigation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-151

  Nicosia, Kristina ^a   Daaram, Suhrudh ^a   Edelman, Ben ^a   Gedrich, Lev ^a   He, Eric ^a   McNeilly, Sarah ^a   Shenoy, Vishnu ^a   Velagapudi, Akhil ^a   Wu, Walter ^a   Zhang, Luna ^a   Barvalia, Aneri ^a   Bokka, Veena ^a   Chan, Brian ^a   Chiu, Jennifer ^a   Dhulipalla, Sai ^a   Hernandez, Victoria ^a   Jeon, Jenny ^a   Kanukollu, Pranav ^a   Kravets, Pearl ^a   Mantha, Amrita ^a   Miranda, Colin ^a   Nigam, Vishan ^a   Patel, Meghnee ^a   Praveen, Sam ^a   Sang, Thomas ^a   Upadhyay, Shruti ^a   Varma, Tanvee ^a   Xu, Camilla ^a   Yalamanchi, Bhavish ^a   Zharova, Masha ^a   Zheng, Allen ^a   Verma, Rashika ^a   Vasslides, James ^b   Manderson, John ^d   Jordan, Rebecca ^c   Gray, Steven ^e   more..

^a West Windsor/Plainsboro High Sch N   (United States)

^b Barnegat Bay Partnership   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Coastal watersheds; Contingent valuation; Ecosystem services; Environmental education; K 12

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902013882     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.02.010     Document Type: Note

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