Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values

@article{citeulike:2308976, abstract = {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. 10.1126/science.1150349}, author = {Barbier, Edward B. and Koch, Evamaria W. and Silliman, Brian R. and Hacker, Sally D. and Wolanski, Eric and Primavera, Jurgenne and Granek, Elise F. and Polasky, Stephen and Aswani, Shankar and Cramer, Lori A. and Stoms, David M. and Kennedy, Chris J. and Bael, David and Kappel, Carrie V. and Perillo, Gerardo M. and Reed, Denise J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2308976}, doi = {10.1126/science.1150349}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {coastal, ecology, economics, impacts, land-use, nonlinear, observations, policy, sustainable}, month = {January}, number = {5861}, pages = {321--323}, posted-at = {2008-02-05 17:46:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1150349}, volume = {319}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2308976 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2308976 N2 - 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. 10.1126/science.1150349 IS - 5861 JF - Science EP - 323 TI - Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values VL - 319 SP - 321 KW - coastal KW - ecology KW - economics KW - impacts KW - land-use KW - nonlinear KW - observations KW - policy KW - sustainable AU - Barbier, Edward AU - Koch, Evamaria AU - Silliman, Brian AU - Hacker, Sally AU - Wolanski, Eric AU - Primavera, Jurgenne AU - Granek, Elise AU - Polasky, Stephen AU - Aswani, Shankar AU - Cramer, Lori AU - Stoms, David AU - Kennedy, Chris AU - Bael, David AU - Kappel, Carrie AU - Perillo, Gerardo AU - Reed, Denise PY - 2008/01/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1150349 ER -