Existing evidence on the impact of changes in marine ecosystem structure and functioning on ecosystem service delivery: a systematic map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current biodiversity crisis underscores the urgent need for sustainable management of the human uses of nature. In the context of sustainability management, adopting the ecosystem service (ES) concept, i.e., the benefits humans obtain from nature, can support decisions aimed at benefiting both nature and people. However, marine ecosystems in particular endure numerous direct drivers of change (i.e., habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, pollution, climate change, and introduction of non-indigenous species) all of which threaten ecosystem structure, functioning, and the provision of ES. Marine ecosystems have received less attention than terrestrial ecosystems in ES literature, and knowledge on marine ES is hindered by the highly heterogeneous scientific lit

SUBMITTER: Campagne CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378828 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature