Non-linearity in ecosystem services: temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection

Primavera, Jurgenne H.; Wolanski, Eric; Kappel, Carrie V.; Kennedy, Christopher J.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Polasky, Stephen; Muthiga, Nyawira A.; Granek, Elise F; Hacker, Sally D.; Perillo, Gerardo ME; Reed, Denise J.; Silliman, Brian R.; Barbier, Edward B; Koch, Evamaria W.

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Non-linearity in ecosystem services: temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection

Author(s): Evamaria W Koch , Edward B Barbier , Brian R Silliman , Denise J Reed , Gerardo ME Perillo , Sally D Hacker , Elise F Granek , Jurgenne H Primavera , Nyawira Muthiga , Stephen Polasky , Benjamin S Halpern , Christopher J Kennedy , Carrie V Kappel , Eric Wolanski

Publication date Created: February 2009

Publication date (Print): February 2009

Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Coastal ecosystem-based management with nonlinear ecological functions and values.

Edward B Barbier, Evamaria W. Koch, Brian R. Silliman … (2008)

A common assumption is that ecosystem services respond linearly to changes in habitat size. This assumption leads frequently to an "all or none" choice of either preserving coastal habitats or converting them to human use. However, our survey of wave attenuation data from field studies of mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass beds, nearshore coral reefs, and sand dunes reveals that these relationships are rarely linear. By incorporating nonlinear wave attenuation in estimating coastal protection values of mangroves in Thailand, we show that the optimal land use option may instead be the integration of development and conservation consistent with ecosystem-based management goals. This result suggests that reconciling competing demands on coastal habitats should not always result in stark preservation-versus-conversion choices.