Assessing the value of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Everglades restoration: An ecosystem service approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 366-377

  Richardson, Leslie ^a   Keefe, Kelly ^b   Huber, Christopher ^a   Racevskis, Laila ^c   Reynolds, Gregg ^d   Thourot, Scott ^e   Miller, Ian ^e  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Everglades National Park   (United States)

^e SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Carbon sequestration; Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP); Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP); Ecosystem services; Nonmarket valuation; Peat accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907683165     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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