Estimating cultural benefits from surface water status improvements in freshwater wetland ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 545-546, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-226

  Roebeling, Peter ^a   Abrantes, Nelson ^a   Ribeiro, Sofia ^a   Almeida, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benefit function transfer; Chemical status; Cultural ecosystem services; Ecological status; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RUNOFF; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

BENEFIT FUNCTION TRANSFER; CHEMICAL STATUS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

CATCHMENT; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRESH WATER; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84952683389     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.063     Document Type: Article

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