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10. Citations for information obtained from the NOEP website
Please remember to cite NOEP for information obtained from us or our website.
To cite the NOEP website, please follow this format:
Author. Title (edition), TYPE OF MEDIUM. Date of publication. Available: Uniform Resource Locator. [Access date].
Below are some examples:
National Ocean Economics Program. Ocean Economic Data by Sector & Industry., ONLINE. 2015. Available: http://www.OceanEconomics.org/NOEP/Market/oceanEcon.asp [14 Nov. 2015]. National Ocean Economics Program. Federal Ocean Expenditures., ONLINE. 2015. Available: http://www.OceanEconomics.org/FedExpend/ [11 Dec. 2015].
Note: NOEP requires that all users of published or downloaded data include proper attribution.
Market Ocean data for the years 1990 to 2004 were generated by the National Ocean Economics Program. The Ocean economic data for the years 2005 and beyond were generated by the NOAA Coastal Services Center. Be sure to cite NOAA's ENOW when using these data:
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration - Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW)., ONLINE. 2015. Available: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataregistry/search/collection/info/enow [10 Jul. 2015].
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