Economic valuation of Baltic marine ecosystem services: Blind spots and limited consistency

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 991-1003

  Sagebiel, Julian ^a,b   Schwartz, Carmen ^a   Rhozyel, Mounaim ^a   Rajmis, Sandra ^a   Hirschfeld, Jesko ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I W)   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; marine planning; meta study; nutrient abatement costs; stated preference method

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COST ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; VALUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84964716232     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv264     Document Type: Article

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