Ecosystem service assessment of selected wetlands of Kolkata and the Indian Gangetic Delta: multi-beneficial systems under differentiated management stress

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2019, Pages 405-426

  Everard, Mark ^a   Kangabam, Rajiv ^b   Tiwari, Manoj Kumar ^c   McInnes, Rob ^d   Kumar, Ritesh ^e   Talukdar, Gautam Hirak ^f   Dixon, Harry ^g   Joshi, Priya ^h   Allan, Richard ⁱ   Joshi, Dhaval ^j   Das, Lalu ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d RM Wetlands and Environment Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e A 25   (India)

^f WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM)   (India)

^k BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

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Author keywords

East Kolkata Wetland; Ecosystem services index; Ramsar; RAWES; Sundarbans; Wise use

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; STAKEHOLDER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EAST KOLKATA WETLANDS; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 85065779399     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-019-09668-1     Document Type: Article

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