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High-troughput techniques as support for knowledge-based spatial conservation prioritization in mangrove ecosystems. In: Threats to Mangrove Forests

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Ecosystem Co-Design

Abstract

The conservation of functioning ecosystems worldwide is warranted by the need for reliable and sustainable provision of ecosystem services locally, regionally and globally. Mangroves provide numerous ecosystem services both to local human communities, e.g., coastal protection or food security, and to mankind worldwide, e.g., climate change-mitigation. Nonetheless they still lack protection in many places of occurrence. Here we base spatial prioritization and planning of mangrove conservation on functional biodiversity and service-relevant ecosystem processes, being studied through cutting-edge genetic and chemical analyses of sediments to unravel the links between biodiversity, biotic interactions, ecosystem processes and ecosystem services. We nonetheless recommend multidisciplinary approaches when planning protected area networks for the sustainable use and provision of ecosystem services and pledge for (i) considering and prioritizing societal, biological and economic values of mangroves, (ii) integrating adjacent ecosystems to maintain connectivity, and (iii) taking into account the spatial and temporal dynamics of mangrove ecosystems and their community composition under global change, i.e. changes in the spatial distribution of species and services over time. Beyond the example of mangroves and the turnover of organic matter in mangrove sediments described herein, our approach to spatial conservation prioritization and planning is applicable to any other ecosystems and their services.

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Helfer V. and Zimmer M. (2018) High-troughput techniques as support for knowledge-based spatial conservation prioritization in mangrove ecosystems. In: Makowski C. & Fimkl C.W. (eds.). Threats to Mangrove Forests (pp. 539-554). 10.1007/978-3-319-73016-5_24

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Date 21.04.2018
Pages 539-554
Book Title Threats to Mangrove Forests
Editors Makowski C. and Fimkl C.W.
ISBN 978-3-319-73016-5
Open Access Closed Access
Open Access Status Closed Access
Eprints_link https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/2222

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