Four coastal wetland types (estuaries, saltmarshes, mangroves, and lagoons) were perceived to be the most important ecosystems, while poor fishing practices, mangrove deforestation, and pollution were identified as their main threats. Climate change, land use changes, an...
Valuing ecosystem services for coastal wetland protection and restoration: progress and challenges. Resources 2, 213-230.Barbier EB (2013) Valuing ecosystem services for Coastal Wetland protection and restoration: progress and challenges. Resources 2(3):213–230...
A variety of ecosystem services classification systems and mapping approaches are available in the scientific and technical literature, which needs to be selected and adapted when applied to complex territories (e.g. in the interface between water and land, estuary and sea). This paper provides a...
(Robbins, 2022). This ambiguity limits the law’s ability to completely and strictly protect coastal wetlands. In 2007, a couple in Idaho took the interpretation of the Clean Water Act to the Supreme Court because they wanted to add sand into the wetland area in their property. When they ...
Integrating ecosystem services and climate change responses in the coastal wetland development plans of Bangladesh. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20(2), 241-261. DOI 10.1007/s11027-013-9489-4Hossain, M.D.S., Hei, L., Rip, F. I., and Dearing, J.A. (2015). ...
The Value of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Services Edward B. Barbier, in Coastal Wetlands (Second Edition), 2019 Abstract Coastal wetlands, which are some of the most heavily used and threatened natural systems globally, are rapidly disappearing. At the core of this problem is the failure to conside...
The loss of coastal wetlands caused by rising sea levels at the seaward side and by human-made structures (such as seawalls) that prevent wetland migration at the landward side. Eutrophication The process by which an ecosystem becomes excessively enriched with nutrients, particularly nitrogen and ...
The effects of Hurricane Sandy storm surge on wetland degradation and consequent loss of ecosystem services were estimated for coastal wetlands in New Jersey. Research in this field has qualitatively determined the effects of hurricanes on wetlands; however, there has been little quantification of ...
Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coastal wetlands contribute to human well-being by providing many ecosystem services. The GOM region continues to experience substanti
Regulating services 33% Biological control (BC) 9.24% Control of ecological disasters 9.24% The frequency of ecological disasters 9.24% Water purification (WP) 23.76% Physical self-purification 15.92% The tidal prism 7.96% The Bay Openness Index 7.96% Coastal wetland purification 7.84% The area of...