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Optimal Management of a Potential Invader: The Case of Zebra Mussels in Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Donna J. Lee ,
Damian C. Adams  and
Frederick Rossi
Donna J. Lee
Affiliation:
Entrix, Inc. Previously, she was an associate professor in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Florida.
Damian C. Adams
Affiliation:
Natural resource and environmental economics at Oklahoma State University. Previously, he was employed as a lecturer in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Florida.
Frederick Rossi
Affiliation:
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, School of Forest and Resource Conservation at the University of Florida
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Abstract

Dominant users of Lake Okeechobee water resources are agricultural producers and recreational anglers These uses will be directly affected, should the lake become infested with zebra mussels. We employ a probabilistic bioeconomic simulation model to estimate the potential impact of zebra mussels on consumptive water uses, recreational angling, and wetland ecosystem services under alternative public management scenarios. Without public management, the expected net economic impact from zebra mussels is –$244.1 million over 20 years. Public investment in prevention and eradication will yield a net expected gain of +$188.7 million, a superior strategy to either prevention or eradication alone.

Keywords

cost transferfishinginvasive speciesprobability transition matrixsurface waterwetlandsC63Q25Q52Q57Q58

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 39 , Issue s1 , October 2007 , pp. 69 - 81
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2007

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