Valuing ecosystem services from blue forests: A systematic review of the valuation of salt marshes, sea grass beds and mangrove forests

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 30, Issue , 2018, Pages 36-48

  Himes Cornell, Amber ^a   Pendleton, Linwood ^a   Atiyah, Perla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Coastal marine ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Mangrove; Salt marsh; Sea grass; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041411150     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.006     Document Type: Review

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