Assessing ecosystem service potentials to evaluate terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types in Northern Germany – An expert-based matrix approach
| Autor: | Tim Kruse, Sabine Bicking, Gerald Schernewski, Irmgard Blindow, Wilhelm Windhorst, Liwei Ma, Felix Müller, Anik Schneiders, Dang Kinh Bac, Ivana Ruljevic, Kai Ahrendt, Jakub Zeleny, Peter Waweru Wangai, noteJohanna Schumacher, Ulrike Tappeiner, Marie Perennes, Hendrik Schubert, Marion Kruse, Claus-Georg Schimming, Peter Haase, Christine Fürst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ecology business.industry Computer science Environmental resource management General Decision Sciences Provisioning Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services Matrix (mathematics) Marine ecosystem The Internet Ecosystem Product (category theory) business Biologie Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Indicators. 112:106116 |
| ISSN: | 1470-160X |
| Popis: | In this article, a revised and enlarged version of a qualitative assessment matrix for the appraisal of ecosystem service potentials is introduced. The product is a simple tool for scoring terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types with respect to their abilities to provide provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services as well as indicators of ecosystem state by applying criteria of ecosystem integrity. The methodological steps of matrix development are described, and the emerging expert opinions are illustrated by characterizing different ecosystem types, analysing different ecosystem services and showing the outcomes of linked GIS-based mapping exercises. The applicability of the matrix is demonstrated by some case studies. The related uncertainties are characterized and discussed in context with limitations, arising challenges and conceptual problems. The tool is made available on the internet, and the authors are looking forward to critical checks and proposals for improvement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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