Jellyfish outbreak impacts on recreation in the Mediterranean Sea: Welfare estimates from a socioeconomic pilot survey in Israel

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-147

  Ghermandi, Andrea ^a   Galil, Bella ^b   Gowdy, John ^c   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coastal recreation; Contingent behavior; Mediterranean ecosystems; Rhopilema nomadic; Welfare economics; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

RHOPILEMA; RHOPILEMA NOMADICA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 85027957963     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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