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Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit

Aonad Taighde ar Ghnéithe Socheacnamaíocha na Mara

National University of Ireland, Galway

References to the source of each observation in the table are available below. The table below is available for download here (opens in a new window, excel file 35KB). If you use the information from the table in your research work please reference it using SEMRU (2012). Marine Economics Data Portal, http://www.nuigalway.ie/semru/marine_ecosystem_service_value_estimates.html

		Ecosystem Services Valued	Citation	Valuation Method	Value	Valuation Unit	Location	Value Year and Amount
Beaches, dunes, sand	Habitat	WTP for Preservation of Sea turtles in North Carolina	Whitehead (1993)	CV	15.75	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Recreational benefits of coastal protection: a case study	Whitmarsh et al (1999)	CV	8.63	Per trip	UK	1999 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Recreational aspects of coast protection benefits	Penning-Rowsell et al (1989)	CV	6.53	Per adult visit	UK	2000 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	A benefits assessment for the Aldeburgh Sea defence scheme	Turner and Brooke (1988)	TC	63.74*	Per person day	UK	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	WTP for protecting Maine and New Hampshire beaches from erosion	Lindsay et al (1992)	CV	50.83	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	WTP for Beach Renourishment at New Jersey Beaches	Silberman and Klock (1988)	CV	0.50	Per trip	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Median WTP for beach erosion management through nourishment at Jekyll Island, Georgia	Kriesel et al (2004)	CV	7.26	Per trip	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Median WTP for managing beach erosion through retreat at Jekyll Island, Georgia	Kriesel et al (2004)	CV	9.23	Per trip	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Recreational Benefits of Delaware’s Public Beaches: Attitudes and Perceptions of Beach Users and Residents of the Mid-Atlantic Region	Falk et al (1994)	CV	3.59*	Per person visit per year	USA	2000 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Factors Influencing the Willingness to Pay for Coastal Beach Protection	Lindsay et al (1992)	CV	44.90	Per person visit per year	USA	2000 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Sediment retention	Welfare Measurement with Individual Heterogeneity: Economic Valuation of Beach Erosion Control Programs	Huang and Poor (2004)	CV	3.61	Per household	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Restoration Costs of oil spill in Sydthy, Denmark	Hall (2000)	RC	4,375.00	Per km of beach cleaned	Denmark	1997 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Restoration Costs of oil spill in Holmsland, Denmark	Hall (2000)	RC	3,300.00	Per km of beach cleaned	Denmark	1997 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Restoration Costs of oil spill in Thyborøn-Harboøre, Denmark	Hall (2000)	RC	1,632.00	Per km of beach cleaned	Denmark	1997 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Restoration Costs of oil spill in Blåvandshuk , Denmark	Hall (2000)	RC	1,625.00	Per km of beach cleaned	Denmark	1997 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Restoration Costs of oil spill in Hanstholm , Denmark	Hall (2000)	RC	500.00	Per km of beach cleaned	Denmark	1997 UK£
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Lisbon study - from an average to a good quality beach (Improving the assessment of water related health impacts: evidence from coastal waters in Portugal. Paper presented at the First World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics, Venice, June 1998, pp. 25–27.)	Machado and Mourato (1998)	CR	6.86	Per visit	Portugal	2008 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Lisbon study - from a bad to a good quality beach (Improving the assessment of water related health impacts: evidence from coastal waters in Portugal. Paper presented at the First World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics, Venice, June 1998, pp. 25–27.)	Machado and Mourato (1998)	CR	16.12	Per visit	Portugal	2008 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Lisbon study - avoiding gastroenteritis (Improving the assessment of water related health impacts: evidence from coastal waters in Portugal. Paper presented at the First World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics, Venice, June 1998, pp. 25–27)	Machado and Mourato (1998)	CR	7.69	Per episode	Portugal	2008 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Pollution control	Aggregated loss in use value in terms of sport fishing due to the Exxon Valdez oil spill at the upper and lower Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Glennalen, and southeast Alaska	Hausman et al (1995)	TC			USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Sea Angling from the shore	ERSI (2004)	Exp	5.00	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Consumer Surplus of sport fishing at the upper and lower Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Glennalen, and southeast Alaska	Hausman et al (1995)	CV	187.40*	Per trip	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Welfare loss associated with closure of recreational saltwater fishing sites in California	Kling and Herriges (1995)	CV	13.23*	Per fishing site choice occasion	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Compensating Variation for shore fishing at Clatsop County, Oregon	Morey et al (1991)	TC	12.65*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Consumer surplus of recreational values in Xia Man Island, China	Chen et al (2004)	HP	17.48	Per person trip	China	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Swimming in the sea	ERSI (2004)	Exp	10.89	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Recreational welfare loss if the beach area of Zandvoort, Netherlands is closed for the entire year	Nunes and Van den Bergh (2004)	CV	57.37	Per person year	Netherlands	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Bird Watching in coastal areas	ERSI (2004)	Exp	4.19	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	WTP for use of Taean-Haean National Parks in Korean	Lee and Han (2002)	TC	5.63	Per person	South Korea	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Visiting Nature Reserves etc. in coastal areas	ERSI (2004)	Exp	21.81	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	WTP for use of Hallyo-Haesang National Parks in Korean	Lee and Han (2002)	CV	15.36	Per person	South Korea	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Other trips to the beach or seaside	ERSI (2004)	Exp	4.53	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	The benefits of coastal protection: Result form testing the CVM for beach recreation	Green et al (1990)	CV	4.03	Per person per year	UK	2000 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	The Demand for Local Access to Coastal Recreation in Southern New England	Kline and Swallow (1998)	CV	5.36	Per person trip	USA	1998 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Consumer surplus of Recreation at saltwater beaches in Florida	Bell and Leeworthy (1990)	TC	63.74*	Per person day	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	Recreational Values for Beaches in South Kingston, Rhode Island	Edwards and Gable (1991)	TC	1,111.37	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	WTP for a recreational beach at the town of Eastbourne, UK	King (1995)	TC	3.31*	Per person visit	UK	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	WTP for recreation at New Jersey beaches without renourishment	Silberman and Klock (1988)	CV	5.94	Per person day	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Recreation	WTP for recreation at New Jersey beaches with renourishment	Silberman and Klock (1988)	CV	6.44	Per person day	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Aesthetic value	Median WTP for different beach debris conditions in North Carolina	Smith et al (1997)	CV	29.78	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	Aesthetic value	Baltic Study for conservation of natural habitats	Povilanskas et al (1998)		5.80	Per person	Lithuania & Estonia	2007 €
Beaches, dunes, sand	The legacy of nature	One time WTP for existence of New Jersey beaches with renourishment	Silberman and Klock (1998)	CV	26.91	Per person	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	The legacy of nature	Non-users' existence value for New Jersey beaches in the form of one-time WTP based on telephone survey	Silberman et al(1992)	CV	13.25	Per person	USA	2004 US$
Beaches, dunes, sand	The legacy of nature	Non-users' existence value for New Jersey beaches in the form of one-time WTP based on in-site survey	Silberman et al(1992)	CV	13.01	Per person	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Primary production	Present value of Louisiana coastal wetland based on Energy Analysis	Costanza et al (1989)	EA	12,549.02*	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Habitat	Fish Nurseries Production function (Essex) marginal WTP (MWTP) for saltmarshes in the Blackwater estuary (Essex – UK) is £4.31 (use value) and £3.57 for non-use benefits	Luisetti (2008) Phd	PF	4.31	Per hectare	UK	2008 UK£
Salt Marshes	Habitat	Valuing estuarine resource services using economic and ecological models: the Peconic Estuary System study	Johnston et al. (2002)	PF	338.00	Per acre	US	1995 US$
Salt Marshes	Habitat	Marginal value of marsh for blue crab fishery on Florida's Gulf Coast	Lynne et al (1981)	PF	1.09	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Sediment retention	Present value of coastal Louisiana wetland in providing storm protection services	Costanza et al (1989)	RC	3,754.90 *	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Sediment retention	Hurricane damages due to a coastal recession of one Mile of wetlands at the Gulf Coast of Mexico, Louisiana	Farber (1987)	RC	0.20	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Sediment retention	The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Protection of Property Against Hurricane Wind Damage	Farber (1987)	MV	11.30*	Per acre	USA	2000 US$
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	Median WTP for avoiding damage to the Coorong due to drainage of saline water from surrounding agricultural areas into the wetlands	Bennett et al (1998)	CV	68.00	Per household	Australia	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	Gren, I.M., Ehrlich, Ü., And Brinch Pedersen, M., 1996. Economic Valuation Of Flood Plains And Coastal Wetlands In Estonia. WWF, 1-35.	Gren et al (1996)	RC	1,390.50	Value of nitrogen sink per hectare	Estonia	2007 €
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	One time WTP for restoration of a historic salt marsh, West River Memorial Park, Connecticut	Udziela and Bennett (1997)	CV	76.48	Per household	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	Present value of wetlands wastewater treatment (potato chip manufacturing waste) at Grammercy, Louisiana	Breaux et al (1995)	RC	4549.32*	Per acre per year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	Present value of wetlands wastewater treatment (municipal wastewater effluent) at Thibodaux, Louisiana	Breaux et al (1995)	RC	1116.01*	Per acre per year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Eutrophication mitigation	Present value of wetlands wastewater treatment (Seafood processing Waste) at Dulac, Louisiana	Breaux et al (1995)	RC	8858.40*	Per acre per year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Compensating variation for an access to fishing sites in nine counties of Florida	Bockstael et al (1989)	TC	1.28*	Per person choice occasion	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Saltwater marsh' s contribution to marine recreational fishing on the East coast of Florida	Bell (1997)	MPE	1,843.98	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Saltwater marsh' s contribution to marine recreational fishing on the West coast of Florida	Bell (1997)	MPE	12,163.53	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	WTP for recreation at Yellowcraigs, Scotland	Edwards-Jones et al (1995)	CV	23.66*	Per person	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	WTP for recreation at North Berwick, Scotland	Edwards-Jones et al (1995)	CV	23.40*	Per person	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	WTP in the form of an additional user fee for recreation at Clay Marshes Nature Reserve, England	Klein and Bateman (1998)	CV	3.06	Per person	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	WTP in the form of annual tax for recreation at Clay Marshes Nature Reserve, England	Klein and Bateman (1998)	CV	93.54	Per household year	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	TC estimated WTP for Recreation at Clay Marshes Nature Reserve, England	Klein and Bateman (1998)	TC	88.43	Per visiting party year	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Consumer surplus of wetlands-based recreation, Louisiana	Bergstrom et al (1990)	CV	641.71	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Present value of Louisiana coastal wetland in providing recreational services	Costanza et al (1989)	CRS	90.20*	Per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Recreation	Aggregated WTP for recreation at coastal wetlands in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.	Farber (1988)	TC	6,432,343.00*	Per year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Aesthetic value	Stated compensating variation of amenity value for restoring Pine Creek Marsh, Fairfield Connecticut	Earnhart (2001)	CV			USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Aesthetic value	Revealed compensating variation of amenity value for the restoring Pine Creek Marsh, Fairfield Connecticut	Earnhart (2001)	HP	44,738.70		USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Aesthetic value	Amenity value provided by 5 acre marsh on Virginia Beach ($229,548.39)	Shabman and Bertelson (1979)	HP	45,909.68	per acre	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	Aesthetic value	Net present value of water view for houses with water frontage in Rhode Island	Anderson and Edwards (1986)	HP	8,382.35*		USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	The legacy of nature	Fish Nurseries Production function (Essex) marginal WTP (MWTP) for saltmarshes in the Blackwater estuary (Essex – UK)	Luisetti (2008) Phd		3.57	Per hectare	UK	2008 UK£
Salt Marshes	The legacy of nature	WTP for preserving coastal wetlands in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana	Farber (1988)	TC	170.76	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	The legacy of nature	One time WTP for more species at North Berwick, Scotland	Edwards-Jones et al (1995)	CV	7.59*	Per person	UK	2004 US$
Salt Marshes	The legacy of nature	One time WTP for more species at Yellowcraigs, Scotland	Edwards-Jones et al (1995)	CV	8.06*	Per person	UK	2004 US$
Intertidal Flats	The legacy of nature	Costs and benefits of wild goose conservation in Scotland	MacMillan et al (2003)	CV	16.00	Per household per year	UK	2003 UK£
Intertidal Flats	The legacy of nature	Valuing estuarine resource services using economic and ecological models: the Peconic Estuary System study	Johnston et al. (2002)	PF	67.00	Per acre	US	1995 US$
Coastal Lagoons	Eutrophication mitigation	Value to prevent water quality deterioration for coastal salt ponds in Rhode Island	Anderson and Edwards (1986)	CV	294.12	Per person	USA	2004 US$
Coastal Lagoons	Recreation	WTP for improving water quality to allow year-round shell fishing at three coastal ponds in Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts	Kaoru (1993)	CV	177.07	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Coastal Lagoons	Recreation	Option value of improving water quality to allow yearround shell-fishing at three coastal ponds in Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts	Kaoru (1993)	CV	26.23	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Coastal Lagoons	Recreation	WTP for a larger clam fishing area in the Venice Lagoon	Nunes et al (2004)	CV	0.29*	Per person year	Italy	2004 US$
Coastal Lagoons	Recreation	Use value of improving water quality to allow year-round shell-fishing at three coastal ponds in Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts	Kaoru (1993)	CV	45.53	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Coastal Lagoons	The legacy of nature	Information and willingness to pay in a contingent valuation study: the value of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of Venice. Nota Di Livoror Working Paper No. 19-2004.	Alberini et al. (2004)	CV	The non-use portion of mean willingness to pay is €36, and the values for users and potential users are €56 and €35, respectively	Per person	Italy	2008 €
Coastal Lagoons	The legacy of nature	Existence value for improving water quality to allow yearround shell-fishing at three coastal ponds in Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts	Kaoru (1993)	CV	104.85	Per household year	USA
Coastal Lagoons	The legacy of nature	Second-Thoughts on Long Term and Supra Long Term Valuation of Natural Assets in a CVM Application to the Filling of a Coastal Lagoon	Boisson and Rudolff (1998)	CV	57.00	Per person	France	2004 US$
Estuaries	Pollution control	Kontogianni, A., Skourtos, M., 2008. Social perception of risk informing integrated coastal zone management on accidental oil spill pollution: ’’the reason you pollute matters, not numbers’’. In: Krishnamurthy, R., Glavovic, B., Kannen, A., Green, D., Alagappan, R., Zengcui, H., Tinti, S., Agardy, T. (Eds.), Integrated Coastal Zone Management—The Global Challenge. Research Publishing, ISBN: 978-981-05-8948-6, pp. 207–225.	Kontogianni et al. (2008)	CV	15.23	Per four-monthly water bill, for 5 years	Greece	2008 €
Estuaries	Pollution control	The Damages to Recreational Activities from PCBs in the New Bedford Harbor	McConnell (1986)	TC	13.28*	Per household per year	USA	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	WTP for Preventing Eutrophication in Brest Harbor, France	Le Goffe (1995)	CV	38.43*	Per household year	France	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Consumer Surplus generated by Improving Water Quality of Tokyo Bay for Recreation Group 2 (includes clamdigging, paddling, and shore fishing)	Kewabe and Oka (1996)	TC		Per year	Japan	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	WTP for improving water quality on the Estoril Coast,Portugal	Machado and Mourato (2002)	CV	1,435.83*	Per person visit	Portugal	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Benefits of improved water quality of Beaches near a metropolitan area of South America after taking account of beach capacity	Niklitschek andLeon (1996)	CRS	6.32*	Per household month	South America	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Determinants of Individuals Willingness to Pay for Perceived Reductions in Environmental Health Risk: A Case Study of Bathing Water Quality	Georgiou et al (1998)	CV	8.57	Per person visit	UK	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Valuing Environmental Quality in Developing Countries: Two Case Studies	McConnell and Ducci (1989)	CV	20.38	Per household	Uruguay	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	WTP for water quality improvements from "unacceptable for swimming" to "acceptable" in Chesapeake Bay	Bockstael et al (1989)	CV	71.43*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Aggregated Benefits of Improved Water Quality (safe to shell fishing) in Upper Narragansett Bay	Hayes et al (1992)	CV	69,924,812*	Per year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Aggregated Benefits of Improved Water Quality (safe to swimming) in Upper Narragansett Bay	Hayes et al (1992)	CV	74,248,120*	Per year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Benefits of reducing fecal coliform counts to the state standard in Annne Arundel County, Maryland	Leggett and Bockstael (2000)	HP	14,774,939*		USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	WTP for Water Quality and Fish Wildlife habitat in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System	Whitehead et al (1995)	CV	73.93*	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	WTP for Environmental Quality Improvement in the Pamlico Sound	Whitehead et al (1998)	CV	280.69*	Per household year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Consumer surplus of improved water quality in the Albemarle- Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina	Whitehead et al (2000)	CRS	43.59	Per household season	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Market Models, Protest Bids, and Outliers in Contingent Valuation	Lindsey (1994)	CV	58.30	Per person year	USA	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Treatment of ’’Don’t-Know’’ Responses in Contingent Valuation Surveys: A Random Valuation Model	Wang (1997)	CV	3.10*	Per use per month	USA	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	The Importance of Sample Discrimination in Using the Travel Cost Method to Estimate the Benefits of Improved Water Quality	Ribaudo and Epp (1984)	TC	161.00*	Per person year	USA	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Estimating the Benefits of Water Quality Improvements in the Upper Narragansett Bay	Hayes et al (1992)	CV	105.00*	Per household year	USA	2000 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Benefit gain due to 36% decrease in nitrogen loadings at 35 sites with popular launch points (boat ramps) in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina	Kaoru et al (1995)	TC	2.13*	Per trip per party	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Consumer surplus of current water quality in the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina	Whitehead et al (2000)	CRS	154.53	Per household season	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Eutrophication mitigation	Consumer surplus of improved water quality in the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina	Whitehead et al (2000)	CRS	198.13	Per household season	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Recreation	Freshwater Angling for coarse fish	ERSI (2004)	Exp	5.25	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Estuaries	Recreation	Freshwater Angling for game fish	ERSI (2004)	Exp	8.18	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Estuaries	Recreation
Estuaries	Recreation	Investigation on the revenues and WTP for angling.	Jensen et al. (2002)	CV	69.00	Per occasional angler	Denmark	2007 €
Estuaries	Recreation	Investigation on the revenues and WTP for angling.	Jensen et al. (2002)	CV	198.00	Per passionate angler	Denmark	2007 €
Estuaries	Recreation	Benefit loss due to loss of 35 sites with popular launch points (boat ramps) in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina	Kaoru et al (1995)	TC	5.51*	Per trip per party	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Recreation	Benefit gain due to 5% increase of total catch at 35 sites with popular launch points (boat ramps) in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina	Kaoru et al (1995)	TC	11.44*	Per trip per party	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Recreation	Valuing Estuarine Resource Services Using Economic and Ecological Models: The Peconic Estuary System Study	Johnston et al (2002)	TC	63.80	Per trip	USA	2002 US$
Estuaries	Recreation	Updated Outdoor Recreation Use Values with Emphasis on National Park Recreation	Kaval and Loomis (2003)		18.96	Per trip	USA	2003 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Stated compensating variation estimate of amenity value of the Long Island Sound	Earnhart (2001)	CV			USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Revealed compensating variation estimate of amenity value of the Long Island Sound	Earnhart (2001)	HP	8,736.49		USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Value of Lost Coastal Access Amenities for houses losing miles at Anne Arundel County, Maryland	Parsons and Wu (1991)	HP	456.86*	Per house	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Value of Lost Coastal Access Amenities for houses losing view and miles at Anne Arundel County, Maryland	Parsons and Wu (1991)	HP	12,849.02*	Per house	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Value of Lost Coastal Access Amenities for houses losing frontage, view and miles at Anne Arundel County, Maryland	Parsons and Wu (1991)	HP	146,594.12*	Per house	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	Aesthetic value	Amenity benefits of coastal farm land in Suffolk County, NY	Johnston et al (2001)	CV	0.09	Per household acre year	USA	2004 US$
Estuaries	The legacy of nature	Otter values	White et al (1997)	CV	11.91	Per person	UK	1997 UK£
Seagrass and Kelp	The legacy of nature	Median WTP for transplanting 10 hectare of eel grass (Zostera) in Seto Inland Sea Japan	Tsuge and Washida (2003)	CV	39.63*	Per household	Japan	2004 US$
Seagrass and Kelp	The legacy of nature	Valuing estuarine resource services using economic and ecological models: the Peconic Estuary System study	Johnston et al. (2002)	PF	1,065.00	Per acre	US	1995 US$
Sea	Primary production	MMWTP for change in cod catch from 2 to 100 kg/ hr in Swedish Coastal Waters	Eggert & Olsson (2009)	CM	1,330.00	Per person year	Sweden	2009 SEK
Sea	Food web dynamics	Aquatic vegetation removal service provided by Florida manatee	Solomon et al (2004)	AC	33,076.07	Per household acre year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Biological regulation	WTP for preventing impacts caused by harmful algal bloom species (HABs) along the coastline of the Netherlands	Nunes and Van den Bergh (2004)	CV	52.27*	Per household	Netherlands	2004 US$
Sea	Pollution control	British Columbia residents' WTP for preventing oil spills in the Pacific Northwest over five years	Rowe et al (1992)	CV	50.20*	Per household	Canada	2004 US$
Sea	Pollution control	Washington State residents' WTP for preventing oil spills in the Pacific Northwest over five years	Rowe et al (1992)	CV	39.27*	Per fish	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation		Gren’s (2000)	AC	(3.23-8.11 EUR2007)per kg for nitrogen and (5.53-9.19 EUR2007) per kg for phosphorus		Denmark	2007 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Consumer surplus generated by improving water quality of Tokyo Bay for Recreation Group 3 (bathing, snorkeling, and surfing)	Kawabe and Oka (1996)	TC	137m	Per person year	Japan	2004 US$
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	An application of contingent valuation and decision tree analysis to water quality improvements	Atkins et al. (2007)	CV	8.20	Per person month over 10 years	Denmark	2007 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Kosenius, A.-K., 2004. Estimating The Benefit From Algal Bloom Reduction - An Application Of Contingent Valuation Method. Master's Thesis, Department Of Economics And Management, University Of Helsinki.	Kosenius (2004)	CV	26.00	Per person year	Finland	2007 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Kontogianni, A., Skourtos, M., 2008. Social perception of risk informing integrated coastal zone management on accidental oil spill pollution: ’’the reason you pollute matters, not numbers’’. In: Krishnamurthy, R., Glavovic, B., Kannen, A., Green, D., Alagappan, R., Zengcui, H., Tinti, S., Agardy, T. (Eds.), Integrated Coastal Zone Management—The Global Challenge. Research Publishing, ISBN: 978-981-05-8948-6, pp. 207–225.	Kontogianni et al. (2008)	CV	15.23	Per four-monthly water bill, for 5 years	Greece	2008 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Contingent valuation method used (open ended question) to assess the WTP (every four months for four years) to have a sewage treatment plant.	Jones et al. (2008)	CV	16.84	Per four-monthly water bill, for 4 years	Greece	2008 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Valuing reduced pollution of the North Sea	Magnussen and Navrud (1992)	CV	197.61*	Per household year	Norway	2000 US$
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	MMWTP for change in bathing water quality from low to high in Swedish Coastal Waters	Eggert & Olsson (2009)	CM	639.00	Per person year	Sweden	2009 SEK
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Managing nutrient fluxes and pollution in the Baltic: an interdisciplinary simulation study. Ecological Economics, 30:333-352.	Turner et al.(1999)	CV	446.00*	Per person year over 20 years	Sweden	2007 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	“Halved Emissions of Nutrients, What are the Benefits? -A Contingent Valuation Survey Applied to Laholm Bay”	Frykblom (1998)	CV	90.00	per person	Sweden	2004 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Go¨ksen, F., Adaman, F., Zenginobuz, U., 2002. On environmental concern, willingness to pay, and postmaterialist values: evidence from Istanbul. Environment and Behavior 34 (5), 460–477.	Go¨ksen et al. (2002)	CV	28.64	Per person year	Turkey	2008 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Contingent valuation study to estimate the annual WTP of increasing water quality to the standard required by the 1976 EU Water Quality Directive for the towns of Ayr and Irvine (Scotland). (Ayr)	Hanley and Kriström (2002)	CV	19.44	Per person year	UK	2002 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Contingent valuation study to estimate the annual WTP of increasing water quality to the standard required by the 1976 EU Water Quality Directive for the towns of Ayr and Irvine (Scotland). (Irvine)	Hanley and Kriström (2002)	CV	11.84	Per person year	UK	2002 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Revealed-preferences study to estimate the annual welfare benefit of increasing water quality to the standard required by the 1976 EU Water Quality Directive.	Hanley et al. (2001)	CV	11.40	Per person year	UK	2001 €
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Temporal Reliability of Estimates from Contingent Valuation	Carson et al (1995)	CV	66.80	Per household year	USA	2000 US$
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Estimating the Value of Water Quality Improvements in a Recreational Demand Framework	Bockstael et al (1987)	CM	1.75*	Per visit	USA	2000 US$
Sea	Eutrophication mitigation	Estimating the Value of Water Quality Improvements in a Recreational Demand Framework	Bockstael et al (1987)	TC	1,570.00	Per season	USA	2000 US$
Sea	Recreation	Economic income generated by cetacean-related tourism in rural West Scotland	Parsons et al (2003)	DM	305,000,000*	Per household acre year	UK	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Net present value loss of ocean sport salmon fishing due to timber harvesting in the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon	Loomis (1988)	TC	1m		USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Net present value of ocean sport salmon fishing under the influence of forest management practice of the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon	Loomis (1988)	TC	1,392,739.27*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Values of fishing to fishers and non fishers	Arlinghaus (2004)	CV		As stated	Germany	2004 €
Sea	Recreation	WTP for a Doubling in the Current Salmon and Striped Bass Catch Rate in the San Francisco Bay and Ocean Area	Cameron and Huppert (1989)	CV	102.42	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Consumer surplus loss to Montauk charter boat anglers of striped bass recreational fishing due to water deterioration in Chesapeake Bay	Kahn and Buerger (1994)	TC	194.19	Per year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	WTP for an extra Chinook salmon catch on the south coast of the British Columbia, Canada	Cameron and James (1987)	CV	24.86	Per person year	Canada	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Including risk in stated-preference economic valuations: Experiments on choices for marine recreation - recreactional fishers	Wielgus et al (2009)	CE	232.00*	Per recreational fisher	Mexico	2009 US$
Sea	Recreation	Sea Angling from boat	ERSI (2004)	Exp	17.70	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Consumer surplus per bluefish caught by anglers in states along Atlantic Coast from New York to Florida	Agnello (1989)	TC	0.74*	Per fish	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Consumer surplus per flounder caught by anglers in states along Atlantic Coast from New York to Florida	Agnello (1989)	TC	3.54*	Per fish	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Consumer surplus per weakfish caught by anglers in states along Atlantic Coast from New York to Florida	Agnello (1989)	TC	0.05*	Per fish	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	WTP loss for Recreational Saltwater Fishing in Coastal Texas due to a 100% reduction in fishing days	Cameron (1992)	CRS	8,817.87	Per fish	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Marginal increase in consumer surplus for an additional Threadfin catch in Hawaii	Cantrell et al (2004)	CV	2.50	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Galveston, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	127.43*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Lower Laguna Madre, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	155.12*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in San Antonio, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	125.43*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Aransas, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	187.75*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Sabine, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	60.03*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Corpus Christi, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	133.89*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Upper Laguna Madre, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	130.80*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Median Willingness to Pay for recreational saltwater fishing in Matagorda, Texas Bay area	Downing and Ozuna (1996)	CV	71.18*	Per person trip	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Increased consumer surplus due to a 100% increase in salmon and striped bass catch in San Francisco Bay area	Huppert (1989)	TC	96.06*	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	WTP for a 100% increase in salmon and striped bass catch in San Francisco Bay area	Huppert (1989)	CV	77.48	Per fishing site choice occasion	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Welfare loss due to closure of all offshore recreational saltwater fishing sites in California	Kling and Herriges (1995)	TC	43.24*	Per person	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Compensating variation for boat fishing at Clatsop County, Oregon	Morey et al (1991)	TC	6.92*	Per year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	A Random Utility Model for Sportfishing: Some Preliminary Results for Florida	Bockstaelet al (1989)	TC	0.47	per person per trip	USA	2000 US$
Sea	Recreation	Consumer Surplus of pleasure boating at the upper and lower Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Glennalen, and southeast Alaska	Hausman et al (1995)	TC	357.48*	Per trip	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Sailing at sea	ERSI (2004)	Exp	7.28	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Accounting for Variable Participant Skill Levels in Recreational Demand Modelling for Kayaking	Hynes et al (2007)	CV	5.97	Per kayaker per visit	Ireland	2007 €
Sea	Recreation	Preservation versus Development on Irish Rivers: Whitewater Kayaking and Hydro Power in Ireland. Land Use Policy 23: 170 - 180.	Hynes et al (2006)	TC	1.74	Per Person per visit	Ireland	2004 €
Sea	Recreation	Alternative treatments of the cost of time in recreational demand models: an application to whitewater kayaking in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 90(2):1014-1021.	Hynes et al (2009)	CE	0.94	Per Person per visit	Ireland	2004 €
Sea	Recreation	Alternative treatments of the cost of time in recreational demand models: an application to whitewater kayaking in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 90(2):1014-1021.	Hynes et al (2009)	CE	0.59	Per Person per visit	Ireland	2004 €
Sea	Recreation	Boating at sea in row boats, canoes etc.	ERSI (2004)	Exp	6.21	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Boating in power boats etc. at sea	ERSI (2004)	Exp	8.53	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Water Skiing, Jet Skiing	ERSI (2004)	Exp	28.24	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Surfing, Sail boarding	ERSI (2004)	Exp	13.53	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Scuba Diving, Snorkelling	ERSI (2004)	Exp	11.28	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Including risk in stated-preference economic valuations: Experiments on choices for marine recreation- recreational divers	Wielgus et al (2009)	CE	5.00	Per recreational diver	Mexico	2009 US$
Sea	Recreation	Investigation on the cost of eutrophication using a contingent valuation study. The WTP was elicited for the recreational use of water, and to prevent eutrophication (conserving the ecosystem).	Le Goffe (1995)	CV	€38.90 (recreation)	Per household year	France	1995 €
Sea	Recreation	Other Sea Sports	ERSI (2004)	Exp	17.49	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Actual expenditures made by Killer Whales watchers in Johnstone Strait off British Columbia's Vancouver Island	Duffus and Dearden (1993)	DM	490.03*	Per person trip	Canada	2004 US$
Sea	Recreation	Whale/Dolphin Watching	ERSI (2004)	Exp	32.09	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Other trips to the islands	ERSI (2004)	Exp	60.44	Per trip	Ireland	2003 €
Sea	Recreation	Recreational fishing salmon and sea trout in river	Toivonen et al. (2000)	CV	138.00	Per person year	Denmark	2007 €
Sea	Recreation	Values of fishing to fishers and non fishers	Arlinghaus (2004)	CV		As stated	Germany	2004 €
Sea	Recreation	Alternative Definitions of Demand for Recreational Angling in Northern Ireland	O’Neill and Davis (1991)	TC	9.10*	Per user	Ireland	1988 UK£
Sea	Recreation	WTP loss for recreational saltwater fishing in Coastal Texas due to a 10% reduction in fishing days	Cameron (1992)	CRS	60.14	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	Aesthetic value	Median WTP to restoring four hectare shoreland in Seto Inland Sea, Japan	Tsuge and Washida (2003)	CV	38.44*	Per person year	Japan	2004 US$
Sea	Aesthetic value	Willingness to pay for reduced visual disamenities from 18km offshore wind farms in Denmark	Ladenburg (2007)	CE	103.30	Per household per year	Denmark	2007 €
Sea	Aesthetic value	Willingness to Pay of Dutch Household for Natural Wadden Sea. An Application of the Contingent Valuation	Spaninks et al (1996)	CV	82.74	Per household per year	Netherlands	2000 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	Values of fishing to fishers and non fishers non-use value:	Arlinghaus (2004)	CV	21.00	Per person per year	Germany	2004 €
Sea	The legacy of nature	Investigation on the cost of eutrophication using a contingent valuation study. The WTP was elicited for the recreational use of water, and to prevent eutrophication (conserving the ecosystem).	Le Goffe (1995)	CV	€28.95 (conservation)	Per household year	France	1995 €
Sea	The legacy of nature	MONK SEALS - Langford, I.H., Kontogianni, A., Skourtos, M.S., Georgiou, S., Bateman, I.J., 1998. Multivariate mixed models for openended contingent valuation data: willingness to pay for conservation of monk seals. Environmental and Resource Economics 12, 443–456.	Langford et al. (1998)	CV	11.70	Per person	Greece	2008 €
Sea	The legacy of nature	Median WTP for protecting habitat of rare animal species in Seto Inland Sea, Japan	Tsuge and Washida (2003)	CV	68.95*	Per household	Japan	2004 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	MMWTP for change in medium to high biodiversity in Swedish Coastal Waters	Eggert & Olsson (2009)	CM	667.00	Per person year	Sweden	2009 SEK
Sea	The legacy of nature	MMWTA for change in high to low biodiversity in Swedish Coastal Waters	Eggert & Olsson (2009)	CM	1,348.00	Per person year	Sweden	2009 SEK
Sea	The legacy of nature	A study of environmental conflict: the economic value of Grey Seals in southwest England	Bosetti and Pearce (2003)	CV	14.50	Per trip	UK	2005 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	US People's WTP for an expanded federal protection program for the Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus).	Giraud et al (2002)	CV	108.82	Per person year	USA	2004 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	Conservation of the Gray Whale, US	Loomis and Larson (1994)	CV	35.40	Per vistor per year	USA	2000 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	Information Disclosure and Endangered Species Valuation	Samples et al (1996)	CV	58.14*	Per person per year	USA	2000 US$
Sea	The legacy of nature	WTP to protect Wadden Sea from climate change	Meyerhoff (2004)	CV	3.99	Per household year	Germany	2004 €

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