Valuing recreational fishing quality at rivers and streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-150

  Melstrom, Richard T ^a   Lupi, Frank ^b   Esselman, Peter C ^b   Stevenson, R Jan ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative specific constants; biomass; choice set; fish abundance; nonmarket valuation; recreation demand; travel cost method; watersheds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; FISH; WATERSHEDS;

ALTERNATIVE SPECIFIC CONSTANTS; CHOICE SET; FISH ABUNDANCE; NON-MARKET VALUATION; RECREATION DEMAND; TRAVEL COST METHOD;

FISHERIES;

ANGLING; BIOMASS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FISHING; PERCIFORM; SALMONID; STREAMWATER; VALUATION; WATERSHED;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 85027936648     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016152     Document Type: Article

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