The economic impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Brander, Luke M ^a,b   Rehdanz, Katrin ^c   Tol, Richard S J ^e   Van Beukering, Pieter J H ^d,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coral reefs; economic value; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041852730     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010007812500029     Document Type: Article

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