Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital

Project team

Project Investigators

• Dr. Petrolia, Daniel R., Professor, Mississippi State University
• Dr. Yun, Seong D., Associate Professor, Mississippi State University

Former Investigators

• Dr. Chen, Zhenshan, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University
• Mr. Enyetornye, F., Ph.D. Student, West Virginia Univeristy

Ecosystem Services Valuation

The value of oyster reef in the Gulf of Mexio from this project is published in Marine Resource Economics. Use the following reference for your citation.

Petrolia, D.R., F. Enyetornye, Z. Chen, and S.D. Yun, 2024, The Value of Oyster Reef Restoration, Marine Resource Economics, forthcoming.

Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM) (June 24, 2024)

Survey Materials

Survey Questionnaire

The survy was implemented as:

• 4,690 households across the fve Gulf states (Alabama, Floria, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas)

• Sep. - Oct., 2022 through Qualtrics

• Distribution of respondents (blue for the coastal and red for the non-coastal)

  

  Figure 2 in Petrolia et al. (forthcoming)

• All videos embeded in the survey are available form YouTube.

• Or use the link below.

Introduction Video

• Common to all respondents (00:01:06)

  

Alabama

• Background (00:00:36)
• Alabama: Certain High Scenario (00:01:15)
• Alabama: Certain Low Scenario (0:01:13)

Florida

• Background (00:00:38)
• Florida: Certain High Scenario (00:01:23)
• Florida: Certain Low Scenario (0:01:13)

Louisiana

• Background (00:00:37)
• Louisiana: Certain High Scenario (00:01:11)
• Louisiana: Certain Low Scenario (0:01:11)

Mississippi

• Background (00:00:38)
• Mississippi: Certain High Scenario (00:01:11)
• Mississippi: Certain Low Scenario (0:01:11)

Texas

• Background (00:01:02)
• Mississippi: Certain High Scenario (00:01:21)
• Mississippi: Certain Low Scenario (0:01:21)

Natural Capital Valuation

Will be added....

Thank you NOAA and NSF!

This work was funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's RESTORE Science Program under award NA19NOS4510194. The modeling data is being hosted on Open Storage Network (OSN), through allocation EES210015 from the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support, which is supported by National Science Foundation grants #2138259, #2138286, #2138307, #2137603, and #2138296.