Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity : Theory, Tools and Applications

✍ Scribed by Timothy G. O’Higgins, Manuel Lago, Theodore H. DeWitt

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 567
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of these ecosystems, their provision of ecosystem services and ultimately human well-being.

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is now widely considered the most promising paradigm for balancing sustainable development and biodiversity protection, and various international strategies and conventions have championed the EBM cause and the inclusion of ecosystem services in decision-making. This open access book introduces the essential concepts and principles required to implement ecosystem-based management, detailing tools and techniques, and describing the application of these concepts and tools to a broad range of aquatic ecosystems, from the shores of Lough Erne in Northern Ireland to the estuaries of the US Pacific Northwest and the tropical Mekong Delta.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Using the Concepts and Tools of Social Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services to Advance the Practice of Ecosystem-Based Management (Timothy G. O’Higgins, Theodore H. DeWitt, Manuel Lago)....Pages 3-14
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
Advancing Aquatic Ecosystem-Based Management with Full Consideration of the Social-Ecological System (Gerjan Piet, Gonzalo Delacámara, Marloes Kraan, Christine Röckmann, Manuel Lago)....Pages 17-37
Ecosystem-Based Management: Moving from Concept to Practice (Gonzalo Delacámara, Timothy G. O’Higgins, Manuel Lago, Simone Langhans)....Pages 39-60
From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’ (Michael Elliott, Timothy G. O’Higgins)....Pages 61-86
The Promise and Pitfalls of Ecosystem Services Classification and Valuation (Stephen Flood, Timothy G. O’Higgins, Manuel Lago)....Pages 87-103
Approaches for Estimating the Supply of Ecosystem Services: Concepts for Ecosystem-Based Management in Coastal and Marine Environments (Fiona E. Culhane, Leonie A. Robinson, Ana I. Lillebø)....Pages 105-126
The Final Ecosystem Goods & Services (FEGS) Approach: A Beneficiary-Centric Method to Support Ecosystem-Based Management (Theodore H. DeWitt, Walter J. Berry, Timothy J. Canfield, Richard S. Fulford, Matthew C. Harwell, Joel C. Hoffman et al.)....Pages 127-145
Front Matter ....Pages 147-147
Ecosystem-Based Management and Natural Capital Accounting (Marc Russell, Charles Rhodes, George Van Houtven, Paramita Sinha, Katherine Warnell, Matthew C. Harwell)....Pages 149-163
Establishing a Common Framework for Strategic Communications in Ecosystem-Based Management and the Natural Sciences (Matthew C. Harwell, Jeannine L. Molleda, Chloe A. Jackson, Leah Sharpe)....Pages 165-188
Prioritizing Stakeholders, Beneficiaries, and Environmental Attributes: A Tool for Ecosystem-Based Management (Leah M. Sharpe, Connie L. Hernandez, Chloe A. Jackson)....Pages 189-211
Linkage Frameworks: An Exploration Tool for Complex Systems in Ecosystem-Based Management (Leonie A. Robinson, Fiona E. Culhane)....Pages 213-233
Projecting Changes to Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystem Goods and Services—Models and Tools (Nathaniel S. Lewis, Darryl E. Marois, Chanda J. Littles, Richard S. Fulford)....Pages 235-253
An Integrated Multi-Model Decision Support Framework for Evaluating Ecosystem-Based Management Options for Coupled Human-Natural Systems (Robert B. McKane, Allen F. Brookes, Kevin S. Djang, Jonathan J. Halama, Paul B. Pettus, Bradley L. Barnhart et al.)....Pages 255-274
Mathematical Modeling for Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) Assessment (Richard S. Fulford, Sheila J. J. Heymans, Wei Wu)....Pages 275-289
The Ecosystem Services Gradient: A Descriptive Model for Identifying Levels of Meaningful Change (Susan Yee, Giancarlo Cicchetti, Theodore H. DeWitt, Matthew C. Harwell, Susan K. Jackson, Margherita Pryor et al.)....Pages 291-307
Rapid Benefit Indicator Tools (Justin Bousquin, Marisa Mazzotta)....Pages 309-330
Front Matter ....Pages 331-331
The Ecosystem Approach in International Marine Environmental Law and Governance (Sarah Ryan Enright, Ben Boteler)....Pages 333-352
Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Ecosystem Services in EU Law, Policy and Governance (Anne Marie O’Hagan)....Pages 353-372
Ecosystem Services in U.S. Environmental Law and Governance for the Ecosystem-Based Management Practitioner (Donna R. Harwell)....Pages 373-401
Unravelling the Relationship between Ecosystem-Based Management, Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Marine Spatial Planning (Martin Le Tissier)....Pages 403-413
Front Matter ....Pages 415-415
Models and Mapping Tools to Inform Resilience Planning After Disasters: A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy and Long Island Ecosystem Services (Mark Myer, John M. Johnston)....Pages 417-430
Ecosystem-Based Management to Support Conservation and Restoration Efforts in the Danube Basin (Andrea Funk, Timothy G. O’Higgins, Florian Borgwardt, Daniel Trauner, Thomas Hein)....Pages 431-444
Combining Methods to Establish Potential Management Measures for Invasive Species Elodea nutallii in Lough Erne Northern Ireland (Timohty G. O’Higgins, Fiona E. Culhane, Barry O’Dwyer, Leonie A. Robinson, Maneul Lago)....Pages 445-459
Mitigating Negative Unintended Impacts on Biodiversity in the Natura 2000 Vouga Estuary (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) (Ana I. Lillebø, Heliana Teixeira, Javier Martínez-López, Ana Genua-Olmedo, Asya Marhubi, Gonzalo Delacámara et al.)....Pages 461-497
Ecosystem-Based Management for More Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study on the Faial-Pico Channel Marine Protected Area, Azores (Hugh McDonald, Helene Hoffman, Adriana Ressurreição, Lina Röschel, Holger Gerdes, Manuel Lago et al.)....Pages 499-515
Using Stakeholder Engagement, Translational Science and Decision Support Tools for Ecosystem-Based Management in the Florida Everglades (Rebekah Gibble, Lori Miller, Matthew C. Harwell)....Pages 517-541
Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites (Kathleen C. Williams, Joel C. Hoffman)....Pages 543-559
Predicting Future Vegetated Landscapes Under Climate Change: Application of the Environmental Stratification Methodology to Protected Areas in the Lower Mekong Basin (John M. Johnston, Robert J. Zomer, Ming-cheng Wang)....Pages 561-580

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Ecosystems; Biodiversity