Current status and future prospects for the assessment of marine and coastal ecosystem services: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Research on ecosystem services has grown exponentially during the last decade. Most of the studies have focused on assessing and mapping terrestrial ecosystem services highlighting a knowledge gap on marine and coastal ecosystem services (MCES) and an urgent need to assess them. METHODOL...

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Main Authors: Camino Liquete, Chiara Piroddi, Evangelia G Drakou, Leigh Gurney, Stelios Katsanevakis, Aymen Charef, Benis Egoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701056?pdf=render