Ecosystem Service Assessments in Water Policy Implementation: An Analysis in Urban and Rural Estuaries

Coastal waters provide a wide range of ecosystem services (ES), but are under intensive human use, face fast degradation and are subject to increasing pressures and changes in near future. As consequence, European Union (EU) water policies try to protect, restore and manage coastal and marine system...

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Main Authors: Gerald Schernewski, Philipp Paysen, Esther Robbe, Miguel Inácio, Johanna Schumacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00183/full