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Martínez-López J, Teixeira H, Morgado M, Almagro M, Sousa AI, Villa F, Balbi S, Genua-Olmedo A, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI. Participatory coastal management through elicitation of ecosystem service preferences and modelling driven by "coastal squeeze". THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 652:1113-1128. [PMID: 30586798 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The Baixo Vouga Lagunar (BVL) is part of Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon in Portugal, which is classified as a Special Protection Area under the European Habitats and Birds Directives. This part of the system, corresponding to the confluence of the Vouga River with the lagoon, is very important culturally and socioeconomically for the local communities, taking place several human activities, especially agriculture. To prevent salt water intrusion from the Ria de Aveiro into agriculture fields, a floodbank was initiated in the 90's. In frame of ongoing changes in Ria de Aveiro hydrodynamics, the existing floodbank will be now extended, introducing further changes in the ecological dynamics of the BVL and its adjacent area. As a consequence, the water level in the floodbank downstream side is expected to rise, increasing the submersion period in tidal wetlands, and leading to coastal squeeze. The aim of this study is to apply an ecosystem based-management approach to mitigate the impacts on biodiversity resulting from the management plan. To do so, we have modelled the implications of the changes in several hydrological and environmental variables on four saltmarsh species and habitats distribution, as well as on their associated ecosystem services, both upstream and downstream of the floodbank. The ecosystem services of interest were prioritized by stakeholders' elicitation, which were then used as an input to a spatial multi-criteria analysis aimed to find the best management actions to compensate for the unintended loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the BVL. According to our results, the main areas to be preserved in the BVL were the traditional agricultural mosaic fields; the freshwater courses and the subtidal estuarine channels. By combining ecology with the analysis of social preferences, this study shows how co-developed solutions can support adaptive management and the conservation of coastal ecosystems.
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- Javier Martínez-López
- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Berger M, Ford J, Goldfarb JL. Modeling aqueous contaminant removal due to combined hydrolysis and adsorption: oxytetracycline in the presence of biomass-based activated carbons. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1520721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Michael Berger
- Chemistry Department, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston
- Division of Materials Science & Engineering, Boston University, Brookline, MA, USA
- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Qi M, Sun T, Xue S, Yang W, Shao D, Martínez-López J. Competitive ability, stress tolerance and plant interactions along stress gradients. Ecology 2018; 99:848-857. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Man Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation; School of Environment; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation; School of Environment; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation; School of Environment; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation; School of Environment; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation; School of Environment; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change; Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country Leioa 48940 Spain
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Byrd KB, Windham‐Myers L, Leeuw T, Downing B, Morris JT, Ferner MC. Forecasting tidal marsh elevation and habitat change through fusion of Earth observations and a process model. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Kristin B. Byrd
- Western Geographic Science Center U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park California 94025 USA
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- School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono Maine 04469 USA
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- California Water Science Center U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento California 95819 USA
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- Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences and Department of Biology University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina 20208 USA
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- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve San Francisco State University Tiburon California 94920 USA
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