Integrated ecosystem services assessment: Valuation of changes due to sea level rise in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 431-443

  Yoskowitz, David ^a   Carollo, Cristina ^a   Pollack, Jennifer Beseres ^a   Santos, Carlota ^a   Welder, Kathleen ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Galveston Bay; Habitat; Sea level rise; SLAMM

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; TEXAS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WETLAND;

BAYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; TEXAS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84979573870     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1798     Document Type: Article

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