<p>Regarding the growing population and escalated development on the coasts, the environmental policymakers often face the dilemma of exploiting or protecting marine and coastal ecosystem services (ES). Therefore, the non-market valuation has become an essential instrument for supporting policymakers in eliciting preferences and welfare estimates regarding various ES, which further feed into the ...

<p>The research presented in this thesis has focused on the economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecotourism in a coastal wetland using three different methods of stated-preference techniques to provide answers to different research questions related to coastal tourism and climate change. Rekawa coastal wetland in Southern Sri Lanka was taken as the empirical context to examine the identified ...

<p><i>Cuscuta</i> is a genus of parasitic plants that form cross-species bridges and connect to the xylem and phloem of a wide variety of host plants. Because of their unique lifestyle, research into processes like the formation of connections in between plant cells and plant immunity would benefit from <i>Cuscuta</i> as a model system. However, a method to study gene functions in a <i>Cuscuta</i> ...

<p>The dissertation includes four papers altogether. Three papers examine mechanisms for price transmission between markets. Among them, one deals with price transmission along the supply chain, and the other two deal with price transmission across spatially distinct markets. The fourth paper measures the effects of demand shifts on the market price equilibrium. <p>Paper 1 investigates price ...

Thinking of fisheries as a system is a relatively new approach in fisheries science and management. As part of my contribution to this perspective, this thesis uses mental models as a new approach to gain insights into how individuals conceptualize fisheries. Mental models are internal representations of the surrounding world (e.g., phenomena, processes, problems) and they are important because these ...

<p>Infectious diseases have been a problem for humans since the beginning of human existence. The “golden age” of antibiotics started at the end of the 1920s, with the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming. This was followed by the discovery of several life-saving antibiotics. The number of new marketed antibiotics has declined, and most pharmaceutical companies are no longer working in ...

Consumers’ perception of seafood products plays a critical role in determining their consumption behaviour. As a great quantity of seafood is produced by aquaculture, specifically farmed fish, consumers’ perception of farmed fish is crucial. In recent years, consumers in developing and emerging countries have increased their concern about seafood safety. This thesis investigates consumers’ ...

<p>Natural products have been used by humans since ancient times as benefactors for improved health. Prior to modern medicine and chemistry, these compounds remained hidden in the plants, animals and other organisms used to heal inflammation, wounds, headache and stomachache among other conditions. Since the start of modern drug discovery with isolation of morphine in 1805, numerous natural products ...

The overall aim of this dissertation is to improve the theoretical and empirical understanding of consumers’ behavioral tendencies toward functional food consumption. The main purpose is to provide a deeper understanding of antecedents that are relevant for explaining consumer evaluation of functional food and consumption behavior. Functional foods are food products that have been enriched to make ...

Cold seeps are locations on the seafloor where CH₄ migrates from reservoirs below sediments towards the atmosphere, sustaining thereby a high microbial and macrofaunal biomass and a diversity contrasting from the surrounding seafloor. The oxidation of methane and sulphide are typically the main sources of primary productivity of these ecosystems and have therefore gained a particular ...