Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area

Ecological Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-241

  Börger, Tobias ^a   Hattam, Caroline ^a   Burdon, Daryl ^b   Atkins, Jonathan P ^c   Austen, Melanie C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiment; Dogger Bank; Environmental valuation; Marine ecosystem services; North Sea; Offshore MPA

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; VALUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGGER BANK; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84909580288     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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