There is growing interest in understanding the economics of climate change. There are few studies which are looking at the economics of ocean acidification. I would like to know what approaches are currently being undertaken.
Yes they are. I recommend you contact Dr Caroline Hattam at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Her email is [email protected]
There is a current http://www.sesync.org/ project that studies the impact of OA on fisheries and coastal protection. Both have economic implications.
Ruben thanks for the link. I couldnt find specific report but will go through teh site in more details. I guess UBC is also doing lots of such models.
Coastal Climate Blueprint http://coastalclimateblueprint.org.au/ is an Australian decision-support tool that provides information on the consequences of climate-driven change on marine life and dependent socio-economic sectors. It does not address ocean acidification directly but is an interesting bio-economic model.
Sarah Cooley (formerly Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, now works at Ocean Conservancy) led an effort to develop and integrated assessment model (IAM) with a three-pronged approach. The model tries to tackle how changes in ocean biogeochemistry will impact the fisheries industry in the US. There is a biogeochemical model that incorporates ocean acidification, a scallop population dynamics model (the pilot test species for the IAM), and an economics model--all coupled. The paper was recently submitted to PLOS ONE and is under review.
Thanks Victoria for the info. I look forward to see thsi paper in PLOS ONE. If you can foward it when accepted, I will appreciate.
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