Analyzing ecosystem services as part of ecological networks in three salt marsh ecosystems

Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Dee ◽  
Aislyn A. Keyes
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Ecological Networks

Recovering Salt Marsh Ecosystem Services through Tidal Restoration

2012 ◽  
pp. 233-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail L. Chmura ◽  
David M. Burdick ◽  
Gregg E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Salt Marsh

Provision of ecosystem services by large scale corridors and ecological networks

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2949-2962 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Samways ◽  
C. S. Bazelet ◽  
J. S. Pryke
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ecological Networks

Changes in ecological networks and eco-environmental effects on urban ecosystem in China’s three typical urban agglomerations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Fang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Jingjing Liu ◽  
Zehui Li
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon

<p>Rapid urbanization caused a massive loss of natural habitats and seriously changed urban natural ecosystems. Ecological network, a spatial concept of ecosystems, maps the most valuable areas that provide multiple ecological goods and services for human demands. Ecological network has long been adopted worldwide for improving urban ecological environment under the scenarios of rapid urbanization. However, Little researches focused on changes in ecological networks and their effects on urban ecosystem. It is important to investigate the trends in ecological network changes, clear its relationship with human activities and policies for guiding sustainable economic and social development. The study aimed to analyze the relationship between the changes in ecological networks and human activities, regional policies as well as environmental changes, and to establish new ecological networks that meet the human demands of ecosystem services, in China’s three typical urban agglomerations, including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD), and Pearl River Delta (PRD) from 2000 to 2015.This study used the variation of habitat quality index, ecosystem carbon stock, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and supply-demand of ecosystem services to measure the eco-environmental effects of ecological network changes under complex physical and socio-economic circumstances. Meanwhile, it established the new ecological networks based on the human-being demand of ecosystem services calculated by real-time population distribution, accessibility, and land development index, trying to optimize the land spatial patterns and ecosystem management in urban agglomerations. The results showed that a lot of areas of ecological networks had vanished into dryland, urban land and other developed land from 2000 to 2015, resulting from urban expansion, industrial development and regional land policies. The degradation in ecological networks caused a significant increase of PM<sub>2.5</sub> and decrease of habitat quality index and ecosystem carbon stock. And the spatial imbalance in the supply-demand of ecosystem services was shrinking to varying degrees, due to different regional ecological protection policies. There were regional spatial differences in the establishment of new ecological networks. However, the closer to central cities of each agglomerations, the human demands of ecosystem services and the need of strengthening the preservation ecosystems were more critical. This study contributes to the identifying the role of human activities on ecological processes and provides a scientific reference for the use of ecological network as the basis of the regional development plans. It is necessary to relieve the dilemma between the urban growth and ecosystem protection.</p>

scholarly journals Cost-benefit analysis of ecological networks assessed through spatial analysis of ecosystem services

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian C. Newton ◽  
Kathy Hodder ◽  
Elena Cantarello ◽  
Lorretta Perrella ◽  
Jennifer C. Birch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Benefit Analysis

Conceptualizing ecosystem services using social–ecological networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María R. Felipe-Lucia ◽  
Angela M. Guerrero ◽  
Steven M. Alexander ◽  
Jaime Ashander ◽  
Jacopo A. Baggio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Social Ecological

scholarly journals Mapping green infrastructure based on ecosystem services and ecological networks: A Pan-European case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 268-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camino Liquete ◽  
Stefan Kleeschulte ◽  
Gorm Dige ◽  
Joachim Maes ◽  
Bruna Grizzetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ecological Networks

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services, Green Infrastructure and Spatial Planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corrado Zoppi
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Natural Protected Areas ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Private Spending ◽  
National Governments

Ecosystem services and green infrastructure do not appear to inform spatial policies and plans. National governments hardly identify their ecological networks or make an effort to integrate them into their spatial policies and plans. Under this perspective, an important scientific and technical issue is to focus on preserving corridors for enabling species mobility and on achieving connectivity between natural protected areas. In this respect, this Special Issue takes a step forward insofar as it aims at proposing a theoretical and methodological discussion on the definition and implementation of ecological networks that, besides guaranteeing wildlife movements, also provide a wide range of ecosystem services. The social and economic profile of this question is also relevant since in the long run, savings in public spending (e.g., due to the reduced need for grey infrastructures aiming at contrasting soil erosion or at managing flood risk), savings in private spending (e.g., on water treatment costs) and the potential creation of green jobs are foreseeable. Moreover, indirect and less easily quantifiable social and health benefits (e.g., due to improved natural pollution abatement) are likely to occur as well.

scholarly journals Climate Change Impacts on Salt Marsh Blue Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Stocks and Ecosystem Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1969
Author(s):  
Bernardo Duarte ◽  
João Carreiras ◽  
Isabel Caçador
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Blue Carbon ◽  
Physiological Characteristics ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Species Response

Salt marshes are valuable ecosystems, as they provide food, shelter, and important nursery areas for fish and macroinvertebrates, and a wide variety of ecosystem services for human populations. These ecosystem services heavily rely on the floristic composition of the salt marshes with different species conferring different service values and different adaptation and resilience capacities towards ecosystem stressors. Blue carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous stocks are no exception to this, and rely on the interspecific differences in the primary production metabolism and physiological traits. Furthermore, these intrinsic physiological characteristics also modulate the species response to any environmental stressor, such as the ones derived from ongoing global changes. This will heavily shape transitional ecosystem services, with significant changes of the ecosystem value of the salt marshes in terms of cultural, provisioning, regulating, and supporting ecosystem services, with a special emphasis on the possible alterations of the blue carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous stocks retained in these key environments. Thus, the need to integrate plant physiological characteristics and feedbacks towards the expected climate change-driven stressors becomes evident to accurately estimate the ecosystem services of the salt marsh community, and transfer these fundamental services into economic assets, for a fluid communication of the ecosystems value to stakeholders, decision and policy makers, and environmental management entities.

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