ABSTRACT
Overview of Case Studies .....................................................................................424 Ecological Threats........................................................................................424 Proposed Management Strategies ................................................................426 Measurement of Preferences........................................................................426 Prospects for Success...................................................................................427
Observations...........................................................................................................427 Achieving Ecological-Economic Integration Requires a Coherent Strategy ......................................................................428 Integration Requires Assessment Planning and Problem Formulation to be Interdisciplinary .......................................429 Research is Needed on the Development and Use of Integrated Conceptual Models ..................................................430 Clearly Formulated Management Alternatives Facilitate Integrated Analysis.......................................................................430 Careful Effort is Required to Relate Ecological Endpoints to Economic Value......................................................................432 The Appropriate Tools for Analysis and Comparison of Alternatives Depend on the Decision Context........................................434 Research is Needed on Transferring the Value of Ecological Endpoint Changes .................................................................435 The Role of Ecological Risk Information in the Measurement of Preferences Requires Further Research ..................................................435
Final Word .............................................................................................................436 References..............................................................................................................437
