Mapping ecosystem service indicators in a Great Lakes estuarine Area of Concern

Angradi, Ted R.; Launspach, Jonathon J.; Bolgrien, David W.; Bellinger, Brent J.; Starry, Matthew A.; Hoffman, Joel C.; Trebitz, Anett S.; Sierszen, Mike E.; Hollenhorst, Tom

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2016.03.012

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“…If those goals are not met, decision-makers must modify the project to address identified shortcomings, and the cycle of evaluation and modification continues (e.g., McLain and Lee 1996). If decision-relevant endpoints are chosen that convey value to the public regarding the ecosystem services gained or lost through the remedy (e.g., water of sufficient quality to use, fish of sufficient quality to safely consume) or restoration (e.g., wetlands of sufficient quality to support ecologically sensitive, charismatic species), metrics can potentially be used for both public communication and in a translation ecological context (Allan et al 2015;Angradi et al 2016;Olander et al 2017;Wall et al 2017). Ideally, within the AOC program, AM for remediation and restoration projects begins with discrete management actions to support project implementation, followed by project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, and ultimately (if impairments are successfully removed) AOC delisting.…”

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“…Beneficial use impairments in AOCs such as fish consumption advisories, beach closings, or dredging restrictions represent ecosystem services loss. Moreover, EGS respond directly to alteration of the biophysical state of the AOC (Yee et al 2020), provide a consistent and comprehensive set of benefits for consideration, and can be mapped or quantified to illustrate trade-offs to the public (Angradi et al 2016).…”

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Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites

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Hoffman

2020

Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity

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Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization (R2R2R) is a framework to identify ecological and policy-based relationships between large-scale aquatic sediment remediation projects, subsequent habitat restoration projects, and waterfront revitalization. A defining feature of R2R2R is that it possesses three essential feedback loops: a translational ecology feedback loop, an adaptive management feedback loop, and a project management feedback loop. The R2R2R framework builds on Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) theory by addressing the role of humans through these feedback loops, and by recognizing the ability of communities to learn and make choices that improve the environment through translational science. In this framework, translating ecological changes from remediation and restoration projects to public benefits (e.g., swimmable water, potential for urban greenspace) using the concept of ecosystem services is critical to support decisionmaking. In practice, community perceptions and uses of the remediated and restored ecosystem or habitat are central to EBM. We use the Great Lakes Area of Concern program to illustrate how R2R2R exemplifies EBM for large, complex sediment remediation and aquatic habitat restoration projects. Lessons Learned • The Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization (R2R2R) framework is integrative of diverse interests through ongoing opportunities for engagement and a synthesis of input to inform research and project alternatives • Consideration of translational ecology and adaptive management, in addition to the project, create distinct opportunities for engagement with the community, stakeholders, and project implementers

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Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites

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Hoffman

2020

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“…The desired product for Nassau County was an illustrative map, suitable for inclusion in a handout or a poster for public-facing communication, that could be quickly produced without a long, data-gathering process. Inspired by the "service-providing area" maps of Angradi et al (2016) used to visually characterize geographical areas that provide targeted ecosystem services, these are intended to quickly convey where benefits are likely to occur. Although they are simplifications of the natural world, a major strength is that they may not require fieldwork or an expensive monitoring program to generate.…”

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Models and Mapping Tools to Inform Resilience Planning After Disasters: A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy and Long Island Ecosystem Services

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Johnston

2020

Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity

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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, recovery and rebuilding efforts focused on resilience and diversified infrastructure that included consideration of the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide. County governments on Long Island identified a need for tools to map coastal and estuarine areas that may provide ecosystem services. Current methods of ecosystem service mapping often rely on complicated statistical models, labor-intensive site validation, or proprietary data. We examined a method of fast ecosystem services mapping that relies on publiclyavailable data, includes stakeholder input, and uses ArcGIS software that is ubiquitous in municipal planning. This chapter provides an example of ecosystem service mapping that generates easily explained visualizations suitable for non-scientific audiences with tools already available to municipal planning departments. We explain how to define indicators of benefit presence, obtain data, and create maps using examples from a collaboration with Nassau County, Long Island, New York. Lessons Learned • Some situations do not require an effort-intensive modeling approach to ecosystem services mapping-for these, a quick estimate serves the purpose. • Consulting with stakeholders at every step of the process is essential. As researchers, our ideas of which ecosystems and benefits are important may not match theirs. • It is possible to map the areas that may provide ecosystem services using publicly available data with a combination of expert consultation and inductive reasoning.

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“…Jobstvogt et al (2014) underline the cultural ES values of marine protected areas and a recent study provides an overview about the importance of ES and their relevance for human welfare and wellbeing in 32 world-wide coastal lagoons (Newton et al, 2018). Angradi et al (2016) apply the ES concept to Great Lakes estuarine systems in the United States and Canada, and Luisetti et al (2014) address comparable estuarine systems in England.…”

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Ecosystem Service Assessments in Water Policy Implementation: An Analysis in Urban and Rural Estuaries

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Coastal waters provide a wide range of ecosystem services (ES), but are under intensive human use, face fast degradation and are subject to increasing pressures and changes in near future. As consequence, European Union (EU) water policies try to protect, restore and manage coastal and marine systems in a sustainable way. The most important EU directive in this respect is the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC). Objective is to reach a "good status" in EU waters, following a stepwise and guided process. Our major objective is to test how an ecosystem service assessment can support WFD implementation in practice. We use the Marine Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool (MESAT) that utilizes spatial definitions, reference conditions and the good status according to the WFD as well as data and information gained during the implementation process. The data-based tool allows comparative analyses between different ecological states and an evaluation of relative changes in ES provision. We apply MESAT to two contrasting systems in the German Baltic Sea region, the rural Schlei and the urban/industrialized Warnow Estuary. These databased assessments show how the ES provision has changed between the historic, pre-industrial state around 1880 (reference conditions with high ecological status), the situation around 1960 (good ecological status), and today. The analysis separates the estuaries into water bodies. A complementary expert-based ES assessment compares the situation today with a future scenario "Warnow 2040" assuming a good ecological status as consequence of a successful WFD implementation. Strengths and weaknesses of the approaches and their utilization in the WFD are discussed. ES assessments can be regarded as suitable to support public relation activities and to increase the acceptance of measures. Further, they are promising tools in participation and stakeholder processes within the planning of measures. However an ES assessment not only supports the WFD implementation, but the WFD provides a frame for ES assessments larger scale assessments in seascapes, increases the acceptance of the ES approach and the readiness of stakeholders to get involved.

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Mapping ecosystem service indicators in a Great Lakes estuarine Area of Concern

Cited by 29 publications

References 39 publications

Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites

Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites

Models and Mapping Tools to Inform Resilience Planning After Disasters: A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy and Long Island Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Service Assessments in Water Policy Implementation: An Analysis in Urban and Rural Estuaries

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