A review of seagrass economic valuations: Gaps and progress in valuation approaches

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-77

  Dewsbury, Bryan M ^a   Bhat, Mahadev ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological services; Ecosystem; Seagrass; TEV; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959020354     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.010     Document Type: Review

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