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Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services supply: Patterns across aquatic ecosystems.
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Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services supply: Patterns across aquatic ecosystems.

  • Teixeira H Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Electronic address: heliana.teixeira@ua.pt.
  • Lillebø AI Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Culhane F School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
  • Robinson L School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
  • Trauner D University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
  • Borgwardt F University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
  • Kuemmerlen M Eawag, Department Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling, Ueberlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland.
  • Barbosa A Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section 7 Place de Fontenoy - F-75352, Paris 07 SP, France.
  • McDonald H Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Str. 43-44, Berlin, Germany.
  • Funk A University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
  • O'Higgins T University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
  • Van der Wal JT Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands.
  • Piet G Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands.
  • Hein T University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, AG BIGER, Lunz, Austria.
  • Arévalo-Torres J Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section 7 Place de Fontenoy - F-75352, Paris 07 SP, France.
  • Iglesias-Campos A Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section 7 Place de Fontenoy - F-75352, Paris 07 SP, France.
  • Barbière J Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section 7 Place de Fontenoy - F-75352, Paris 07 SP, France.
  • Nogueira AJA Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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  • 2018-12-15
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  • The Science of the total environment. - 2019
ES supply score
Expert judgement
Freshwaters
Linkage framework
Marine waters
Weighted-estimates
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Environmental Policy
Europe
Fresh Water
Models, Theoretical
Morocco
Seawater
English Global initiatives have been increasingly focusing on mainstreaming the values of biodiversity and ecosystem services into decision-making at all levels. Due to the accelerated rate at which biodiversity is declining and its consequences for the functioning of ecosystems and subsequently, the services they provide, there is need to develop comprehensive assessments of the services and the benefits nature delivers to society. Based on expert evaluation, we identified relevant flow linkages in the supply-side of the socio-ecological system, i.e. from biodiversity to ecosystem services supply for eight case studies across European aquatic ecosystems covering freshwater, transitional, coastal and marine waters realms. Biological mediated services were considered, as well as those reliant on purely physical aspects of the ecosystem, i.e. abiotic outputs, since both have implications for spatial planning, management and decision-making. Due to the multidimensional nature of ecosystems and their biodiversity, our approach used ecosystem components such as habitats and biota as proxies for biodiversity and as the focal point for linkage identification. Statistical analysis revealed the importance of considering mobile biota in the spatial assessment of habitats. Contrary to literature evidences so far, our results showed significantly different and complementary ecosystem services supply patterns across the continuum of aquatic realms. The implemented score of ecosystem services supply has a high potential for integrated aquatic ecosystem service supply assessments in the context of ecosystem-based management.
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  • English
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hybrid
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