Natural processes tend to vary over time and space, as well as between species. The
ecosystem services these natural processes provide are therefore also highly variable. It is …

Interest in the role that ecosystems play in reducing the impacts of coastal hazards has
grown dramatically. Yet the magnitude and nature of their effects are highly context …

Natural habitats have the ability to protect coastal communities against the impacts of waves
and storms, yet it is unclear how different habitats complement each other to reduce those …

The contribution of seagrasses to coastal protection is examined through the review of the
most relevant existing knowledge. Seagrasses are the largest submerged aquatic …

Estuarine Ecohydrology, Second Edition, provides an ecohydrology viewpoint of an estuary
as an ecosystem by focusing on its principal components, the river, the estuarine waters, the …

Ecosystem‐based management is logistically and politically challenging because
ecosystems are inherently complex and management decisions affect a multitude of groups …

Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may
reduce human welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other 'blue …

Posidonia oceanica is a marine angiosperm endemic from the Mediterranean. Despite their
protection, its meadows are regressing. The economic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) …

In this paper, we introduce the CSPS framework for the hierarchical assessment of aquatic
ecosystem models built on a range of metrics and characteristic signatures relevant to …

Seagrass beds alter their hydrodynamic environment by inducing drag on the flow, thereby
attenuating wave energy and near-bottom currents. This alters the turbulent structure and …