An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
National Academies Press, 2013. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. Large octavo softcover; 235 pp.; b/w and color figures. Blue and red pictorial wraps featuring abstract water pattern with red fissure line. Tight binding; pen marginalia. Fair. Fair. Item #165838
ISBN: 9780309288453
Prepared by the Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico. A formal scientific report presenting a framework for evaluating the long-term environmental and socio-economic effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The study, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), utilizes an ecosystem services approach to quantify the loss of benefits that the Gulf of Mexico provides to humans, from fisheries to coastal protection. It aims to guide future restoration and assessment efforts.
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