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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461680603321

Titolo

Approaches for ecosystem services valuation for the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [[electronic resource] ] : interim report / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-12316-8

9786613527028

0-309-21180-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

363.7382

Soggetti

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010

Natural resources - Management

Oil spills - Economic aspects - Gulf States

Oil spills - Environmental aspects - Mexico, Gulf of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Physiographic, Oceanographic, and Ecological Context of the Gulf of Mexico""; ""2 Approaches to Damage Assessment and Valuation of Ecosystem Services""; ""3 Methods to Establish Baselines for Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Services""; ""4 An Ecosystem Services Approach to Damage Assessment""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Acronyms""