Indices of biotic integrity in stated preference valuation of aquatic ecosystem services

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1946-1956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Johnston ◽  
Kathleen Segerson ◽  
Eric T. Schultz ◽  
Elena Y. Besedin ◽  
Mahesh Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystem ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Biotic Integrity ◽  
Stated Preference Valuation

scholarly journals Stated Preferences for Intermediate versus Final Ecosystem Services: Disentangling Willingness to Pay for Omitted Outcomes

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Johnston ◽  
Eric T. Schultz ◽  
Kathleen Segerson ◽  
Elena Y. Besedin ◽  
Mahesh Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Choice Experiments ◽  
Stated Preferences ◽  
Intermediate Outcomes ◽  
Biophysical Processes ◽  
Stated Preference Valuation

Stated preference scenarios often provide information on intermediate biophysical processes but omit information on the resulting final services that provide utility. This may cause respondents to speculate about the effects of intermediate outcomes on their welfare, leading to biased welfare estimates. This work clarifies distinctions between intermediate and final ecosystem services within stated preference valuation and develops a structural model by which to infer respondents’ speculations when a final ecosystem service is omitted. The model also derives implications for welfare estimates. Methods and results are illustrated using an application of choice experiments to fish restoration in Rhode Island's Pawtuxet watershed.

Are microplastics destabilizing the global network of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services?

2021 ◽  
pp. 111243
Author(s):  
Srinidhi Sridharan ◽  
Manish Kumar ◽  
Nanthi S. Bolan ◽  
Lal Singh ◽  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystem ◽  
Global Network

scholarly journals The role of interdisciplinary collaboration for stated preference methods to value marine environmental goods and ecosystem services

2018 ◽  
Vol 201 ◽  
pp. 140-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Börger ◽  
Anne Böhnke-Henrichs ◽  
Caroline Hattam ◽  
Joanna Piwowarczyk ◽  
Femke Schasfoort ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Stated Preference Methods ◽  
Environmental Goods ◽  
Marine Environmental

scholarly journals Assessing urban recreation ecosystem services through the use of geocache visitation and preference data: a case-study from an urbanised island environment

One Ecosystem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e24490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario V Balzan ◽  
Iain Debono
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽  
Direct And Indirect Benefits

Recreation is an important cultural ecosystem service and is one way in which communities experience the direct and indirect benefits arising from the experiential use of their environment. The recent rise in popularity of Global Positioning System (GPS) game applications, which combine information technology with an activity that increases mobility and encourages outdoor enjoyment, provides ecosystem service practitioners with an opportunity to make use of this georeferenced data to assess recreational ecosystem services. Geocaching is one such worldwide outdoor game. It has fixed points of incursion where people can hide and look for caches. This study explores the possibility of using geocaching data as a proxy for recreational ecosystems services in the Maltese Islands. A quantitative analysis of the georeferenced caches was used together with their visit rates and number of favourite points. This was supplemented by two questionnaires that investigated the preferences and experiences of both geocache placers (n=39) and hunters (n=21). Results show that the highest number of caches were placed and searched for in urban areas and that geocaching is strongly associated with the presence and accessibility of urban green infrastructure. The number of geocachers who stated preference for experiences in nature did not translate into high visit rates to sites of high conservation value (protected areas) but landscape value was significantly associated with recreational ecosystem services flow. The results presented here provide evidence that geocaching spatial data can act as an indicator for assessing and mapping recreational ecosystem services in urban environments and in cultural landscapes.

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