Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2014
Abstract
This study reviews the available ecosystem-service valuation literature for a number of Florida's coastal natural communities including oyster reefs, beach dunes, mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes. We summarize the services provided by these five commonly restored natural communities in Florida and provide an analysis intended to support two main objectives: 1) to enumerate the range of ecosystem services provided by coastal natural communities as a way to educate stakeholders and support prioritization of habitat restoration; and 2) to inventory ecosystem measurements from the literature for each of the five natural communities and provide specific metrics for their measurement. This document is a reference to facilitate the quantification of ecosystem services to provide a better measure of the full impact of restoration efforts.
Recommended Citation
Susanna Blair, Carrie Adams, Tom Ankersen, Maia McGuire, & David Kaplan, Ecosystem Services Valuation for Estuarine and Coastal Restoration in Florida, UF/IFAS Extension Florida Sea Grant Program paper #TP-204 (2014).