Estimating the benefits of stream water quality improvements in urbanizing watersheds: An ecological production function approach.

ABSTRACT: Streams in urbanizing watersheds are threatened by economic development that can lead to excessive sediment erosion and surface runoff. These anthropogenic stressors diminish valuable ecosystem services and result in pervasive degradation commonly referred to as "urban stream syndrome." Understanding how the public perceives and values improvements in stream conditions is necessary to support efforts to quantify the economic benefits of water quality improvements. We develop an ecological production framework that translates measurable indicators of stream water quality into ecological endpoints. Our interdisciplinary approach integrates a predictive hierarchical water quality model that is well suited for sparse data environments, an expert elicitation that translates measurable water qua

SUBMITTER: von Haefen RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10160966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature