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View article: How Bridging Approaches Further Relationships, Governance, and Ecosystem Services Research and Practice
How Bridging Approaches Further Relationships, Governance, and Ecosystem Services Research and Practice Open
Understanding environmental governance empowers researchers and practitioners alike to work towards solutions that improve both environmental and human well-being outcomes. Collaborative, iterative approaches to governance use bridging app…
View article: Editorial: Modeling the human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration and management for environmental decision making
Editorial: Modeling the human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration and management for environmental decision making Open
Editorial: Modeling the human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration and management for environmental decision making
View article: Identifying priority ecosystem services in tidal wetland restoration
Identifying priority ecosystem services in tidal wetland restoration Open
Classification systems can be an important tool for identifying and quantifying the importance of relationships, assessing spatial patterns in a standardized way, and forecasting alternative decision scenarios to characterize the potential…
View article: Connecting stakeholder priorities and desired environmental attributes for wetland restoration using ecosystem services and a heat map analysis for communications
Connecting stakeholder priorities and desired environmental attributes for wetland restoration using ecosystem services and a heat map analysis for communications Open
Framing ecological restoration and monitoring goals from a human benefits perspective (i.e., ecosystem services) can help inform restoration planners, surrounding communities, and relevant stakeholders about the direct benefits they may ob…
View article: Enhancing multiple benefits of brownfield cleanups by applying ecosystem services concepts
Enhancing multiple benefits of brownfield cleanups by applying ecosystem services concepts Open
Brownfields are increasingly called upon to be transformed from potentially contaminated, often vacant properties into community assets that provide multiple benefits. Further, brownfields revitalization can provide critical opportunities …
View article: The EPA Ecosystem Services Tool Selection Portal
The EPA Ecosystem Services Tool Selection Portal Open
The dynamics of an environmental decision-making context can be complicated. The use of decision support tools can help better facilitate restoring and maintaining ecosystems that provide environmental benefits (ecosystem services) to peop…
View article: The final ecosystem goods and services Voltron: the power of tools together
The final ecosystem goods and services Voltron: the power of tools together Open
Environmental decision-making benefits from considering ecosystem services to ensure that aspects of the environment that people rely upon are fully evaluated. By focusing consideration of ecosystem services on final ecosystem goods and se…
View article: Recreational beneficiaries and their landscape dependencies across national estuary program sites: Tillamook Bay (OR) and Tampa Bay (FL), USA
Recreational beneficiaries and their landscape dependencies across national estuary program sites: Tillamook Bay (OR) and Tampa Bay (FL), USA Open
This study aims to characterize the value associated with nature-based recreational opportunities and identify estuarine attributes most valued by users. With the National Ecosystem Service Classification System as a framework, we assessed…
View article: Metabolically active bacteria detected with click chemistry in low organic matter rainwater
Metabolically active bacteria detected with click chemistry in low organic matter rainwater Open
Rain contains encapsulated bacteria that can be transported over vast distances during relatively short periods of time. However, the ecological significance of bacteria in “precontact” rainwater–rainwater prior to contact with non-atmosph…
View article: Connecting Future Environmental Trends and Assessments of Fish and Wildlife Resources of Concern: A Case Study of Big Pine Key, Florida
Connecting Future Environmental Trends and Assessments of Fish and Wildlife Resources of Concern: A Case Study of Big Pine Key, Florida Open
Changes in hydrologic and climatic trends will influence the ecology of Florida, and climate scenarios agree that many areas of Florida are susceptible to sea-level rise impacts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Climate Change Action P…
View article: Synthesis of Two Decades of US EPA’s Ecosystem Services Research to Inform Environmental, Community and Sustainability Decision Making
Synthesis of Two Decades of US EPA’s Ecosystem Services Research to Inform Environmental, Community and Sustainability Decision Making Open
A conceptual framework is helpful to understand what types of ecosystem services (ES) information is needed to support decision making. Principles of structured decision making are helpful for articulating how ES consideration can influenc…
View article: Ecosystem services consideration in the remediation process for contaminated sites
Ecosystem services consideration in the remediation process for contaminated sites Open
View article: Integrated stakeholder prioritization criteria for environmental management
Integrated stakeholder prioritization criteria for environmental management Open
View article: Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large‐scale ecosystem restoration
Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large‐scale ecosystem restoration Open
International efforts to restore degraded ecosystems will continue to expand over the coming decades, yet the factors contributing to the effectiveness of long‐term restoration across large areas remain largely unexplored. At large scales,…
View article: Ecosystem-Based Management and Natural Capital Accounting
Ecosystem-Based Management and Natural Capital Accounting Open
Natural capital includes the physical and biophysical components of an ecosystem working together to produce a flow of services to the economy and to society that support human well-being. An ecosystem service thus represents a type of tra…
View article: Establishing a Common Framework for Strategic Communications in Ecosystem-Based Management and the Natural Sciences
Establishing a Common Framework for Strategic Communications in Ecosystem-Based Management and the Natural Sciences Open
There is a need for a generalized framework and guidance for developing strategic communication efforts for interdisciplinary practitioners of ecosystem-based management to ensure engagement and communication efforts focus on effective sci…
View article: Using Stakeholder Engagement, Translational Science and Decision Support Tools for Ecosystem-Based Management in the Florida Everglades
Using Stakeholder Engagement, Translational Science and Decision Support Tools for Ecosystem-Based Management in the Florida Everglades Open
Managing water for competing human and environmental demands in the Greater Everglades is a multi-dimensional challenge that includes managing a complex ecological system while providing water supply and flood control for widespread high-d…
View article: The Ecosystem Services Gradient: A Descriptive Model for Identifying Levels of Meaningful Change
The Ecosystem Services Gradient: A Descriptive Model for Identifying Levels of Meaningful Change Open
Characterization of ecosystem services can be a valuable element of Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) in identifying meaningful measures of ecosystem change, understanding the natural resource gains or losses associated with changing ecosys…
View article: The Final Ecosystem Goods & Services (FEGS) Approach: A Beneficiary-Centric Method to Support Ecosystem-Based Management
The Final Ecosystem Goods & Services (FEGS) Approach: A Beneficiary-Centric Method to Support Ecosystem-Based Management Open
Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and other social-ecological environmental management frameworks recognize that most environmental problems are ultimately social problems, requiring the reconciliation of human needs with the limits of ecos…
View article: The ecosystem service of property protection and exposure to environmental stressors in the Gulf of Mexico
The ecosystem service of property protection and exposure to environmental stressors in the Gulf of Mexico Open
View article: Linking people to coastal habitats: A meta-analysis of final ecosystem goods and services on the coast
Linking people to coastal habitats: A meta-analysis of final ecosystem goods and services on the coast Open
View article: Relative Importance of Landscape Versus Local Wetland Characteristics for Estimating Wetland Denitrification Potential
Relative Importance of Landscape Versus Local Wetland Characteristics for Estimating Wetland Denitrification Potential Open
View article: Improved Method for Calibration of Exchange Flows for a Physical Transport Box Model of Tampa Bay, FL, U.S.A.
Improved Method for Calibration of Exchange Flows for a Physical Transport Box Model of Tampa Bay, FL, U.S.A. Open
We report the results for both sequential and simultaneous calibration of exchange flows between segments of a 10-box, 1-dimensional, well mixed, bifurcated tidal mixing model for Tampa Bay. Calibrations were conducted for three model opti…