کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9547683 1371172 2005 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Nitrogen sources and Gulf hypoxia: potential for environmental credit trading
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
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Nitrogen sources and Gulf hypoxia: potential for environmental credit trading
چکیده انگلیسی
A zone of hypoxic and anoxic waters has become a dominant feature of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Nitrogen draining into the Gulf from the Mississippi Basin has been identified as the primary source of the problem. Reducing nitrogen loads from point and nonpoint sources in the basin is the primary goal of an action plan developed to address the problem. In this paper, we use data on point source dischargers and a model of the agriculture sector to examine whether the purchase of nitrogen reduction “credits” from nonpoint sources would reduce the cost of nitrogen control if point sources are required to reduce nitrogen discharges. Results indicate that a substantial degree of credit trading could affect agricultural commodity prices, thereby affecting agricultural production outside the basin.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 52, Issue 2, 25 January 2005, Pages 159-168
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