Assessment of Ecosystem Services across the Land–Sea Interface in Baltic Case Studies

Schumacher, Johanna; Lange, Sabine; Müller, Felix; Schernewski, Gerald

doi:10.3390/app112411799

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“…Our habitat assessment was tested for the Baltic Sea and considered to be suitable for identifying differences between ES of emerged and submerged macrophyte habitats when assessing comparatively but not individually. Similar approaches exist for terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types in Northern Germany (Müller et al 2020 ) and ecosystems across the land-sea interface in the Baltic (Schumacher et al 2021 ). We learnt that the application on a Baltic Sea wide level works well when using expert knowledge, but only very limited when using indicators.…”

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Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Macrophytes in Southern Baltic and Southern Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons

Robbe,

Rogge,

Lesutienė

et al. 2024

Environmental Management

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The ecological importance of macrophytes is well known and reflected in nature protection law, for example, as a key biological quality element. However, the socio-economic role, such as the impact of macrophyte presence on recreational activities, is often overlooked. The purpose of this study was to assess the human benefits (or ecosystem services) provided by macrophytes. We developed a list of 25 macrophyte ecosystem services and 79 assessment indicators based on expert knowledge and literature data. First, hypothetical scenarios of coastal lagoons were developed to assess the impact of different ecological states (i.e., macrophyte coverage) and management measures (i.e., fisheries) on the ecosystem service provision. Scenario assessments were carried out by stakeholder workshops and literature search. Second, the ecosystem service potential of submerged and emergent macrophyte habitats were assessed by macrophyte experts and literature data. Results showed that cultural services are most important in terms of the overall actual provision of ecosystem services (scenario assessment) but also showing highest potential of the hypothetical ecosystem service provision (habitat assessment). Highest overall potential is shown for reeds and tall forb communities (83 out of maximum 125), followed by seagrass beds (71) and seaweed communities (61). Our ecosystem service assessment approaches (i.e., scenario and habitat-based) using socio-cultural data (i.e., stakeholders and experts-based) and biophysical data (i.e., indicators-based) can serve as supportive tools for coastal management and policy implementation visualizing the benefits of macrophytes to humans.

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Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Macrophytes in Southern Baltic and Southern Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons

Robbe,

Rogge,

Lesutienė

et al. 2024

Environmental Management

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“…The results from simple GIS mapping and InVEST models were classified into the six 0-5 classes to face comparison with the expert estimates from the expert-based ES matrix approach. The classification was done manually and followed the recommendations by [27] and Schumacher et al (2021) [30] (see Supplementary Materials S1).…”

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“…This classification and normalisation reduce the complexity and allow comparisons between individual ES [27,29]. The ES matrix approach can be used to analyse different components of ES, for example, ES supply or demand [30][31][32][33]. It is possible to determine the ES values via expert estimates (which can be collected in participatory scoring processes, also called the expert-based ES matrix approach) or from proxy data and comprehensive model results [28,34].…”

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“…For example, it is often assumed that qualitative expert estimates are too subjective and, therefore, less reliable and credible than results from quantitative mapping approaches [38]. However, comparative assessments that could prove this assumption are scarce [28,30,42,43]. Therefore, we compared spatial similarity with simple map comparison tools to test whether the expert-based ES matrix approach is already sufficient for mapping ES with the actual purpose of communication and awareness-raising.…”

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Challenges Entailed in Applying Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand Mapping Approaches: A Practice Report

Dworczyk

Burkhard

2022

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The Ecosystem Services (ES) concept has been acknowledged by scientists, policy-makers and practitioners to have the potential to support sustainable policy- and land-use decision-making. Therefore, a growing number of research activities are investigating the integration potential of the ES concept into real-world policy- and decision-making processes. These research activities are often confronted with conceptual challenges and methodological obstacles when applying different ES mapping approaches. This study is reporting those challenges encountered during a research project in Germany. In this research project, two urban regions, Rostock and Munich, were selected as case-study areas. In both urban regions, dynamic urbanisation processes occur across the urban administrative boundaries and threaten the supply of multiple ES in the periurban landscapes. The research project invited local stakeholders from the two urban regions to workshops and online meetings to discuss ES-related topics. For those events, maps visualising the spatial patterns of multiple ES were needed for communication and awareness-raising of the ES concept. We chose commonly used and relatively easy-to-apply mapping methods such as: (1) expert-based ES matrix approach, (2) simple GIS mapping with proxy indicators and data, and (3) simple ES models such as InVEST. We encountered several challenges during the mapping processes: The expert-based matrix approach provided valuable results for ES supply, but had limitations in assessing expert estimates for ES demand. Alongside other factors, evolving barriers related to the conceptual complexity of ES demand. Data unavailability/inaccessibility resulted in difficulties mapping all selected ES with proxy indicators at the targeted regional scale. So far, only a few individual ES can be modelled with InVEST models. Despite these challenges, the resulting maps were helpful for communication with local stakeholders. The discussions with stakeholders provided valuable insights into the future needs for ES research and identified existing barriers and challenges. We want to summarise and share our experiences and provide recommendations for future research on mapping ES supply and demand in urban regions.

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“…Most authors link specific habitats (Salomidi et al 2012, Galparsoro et al 2014, Depellegrin et al 2017, Hattam et al 2021 and/or species (Burdon et al 2017, Culhane et al 2018, or marine protected areas (Potts et al 2014, Geange et al 2019) and the supply of ES . Other au-thors combine the analysis of marine and terrestrial habitats (Müller et al 2020, Schumacher et al 2021 or connect ecosystem functions and the supply of ES (Armoškaitė et al 2020).…”

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Matrix-based assessment of spatial correlations between marine uses and ecosystem service supply in German marine areas

Kuhn

Trentlage²,

Burkhard

2023

Landsc. Online

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Marine ecosystems are highly dynamic and complex and contribute immensely to human well-being. Spatiotemporal overlaps of marine uses and human activities are constantly pressuring ecosystems, and that in turn impacts the supply quantity and quality of various ecosystem services (ES). This study is the first attempt to use the ES matrix to link marine uses and the capacity to supply ES. Combining expert- and literature-based evaluations, we assessed the relationships of twelve marine uses and five selected ecosystem services in the German North and Baltic Sea and mapped their spatial distribution. Despite a limited data availability and a higher need for simplification, the matrix approach proved to be applicable for the marine realm. Areas used for tourism and those that provide coastal safeguarding show high values of ES supply in comparison to areas used for sediment extraction and areas previously used as ammunition dumping areas. Nature conservation areas tend to have the highest capacity to supply ES. Differences in the ES supply pattern between the North Sea and Baltic Sea were identified. The results show the influence of anthropogenic activities on the spatial distribution of ES supply and can support future marine planning.

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Assessment of Ecosystem Services across the Land–Sea Interface in Baltic Case Studies

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Macrophytes in Southern Baltic and Southern Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons

Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Macrophytes in Southern Baltic and Southern Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons

Challenges Entailed in Applying Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand Mapping Approaches: A Practice Report

Matrix-based assessment of spatial correlations between marine uses and ecosystem service supply in German marine areas

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