Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2020
Publication Title
Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
Volume
58
Pages
107-141
Abstract
Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and salt marshes provide a range of important benefits to people, broadly defined as ecosystem services. These include provisioning services such as fuelwood and food, regulating services such as carbon sequestration and wave attenuation, and various tangible and intangible cultural services. However, strong negative perceptions of coastal wetlands also exist, often driven by the perceived or actual ecosystem disservices that they also produce. These can include odour, a sense of danger, and their real or perceived role in vector and disease transmission (e.g. malaria). This review provides an introduction to the ecosystem services and disservices concepts and highlights the broad range of services and disservices provided by mangrove forests and salt marshes. Importantly, we discuss the key implications of ecosystem services and disservices for the management of these coastal ecosystems. Ultimately, a clear binary does not exist between ecosystem services and disservices; an ecosystem service to one stakeholder can be viewed as a disservice to another, or a service can change seasonally into a disservice, and vice versa. It is not enough to only consider the beneficial ecosystem services that coastal wetlands provide: instead, we need to provide a balanced view of coastal wetlands that incorporates the complexities that exist in how humans relate to and interact with them.
Rights
© 2021 S.J. Hawkins, A.L. Allcock, A.E. Bates, A.J. Evans, L.B. Firth, C.D. McQuaid, B.D. Russell, I.P. Smith, S.E. Swearer, & P.A. Todd
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Original Publication Citation
Friess, D. A., Yando, E. S., Alemu I, J. B., Wong, L.-W., Soto, S. D., & Bhatia, N. (2020). Ecosystem services and disservices of mangrove forests and salt marshes. In S. J. Hawkins, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, L. B. Firth, I. P. Smith, S. E. Swearer, A. J. Evans, P. A. Todd, B. D. Russell, & C. D. McQuaid (Eds.), Oceanography and marine biology: An annual review (Vol. 58, pp. 107-141). Taylor & Francis.
Repository Citation
Friess, Daniel A.; Yando, Erik S.; Alemu, Jahson B. I; Wong, Lynn-Wei; Soto, Sasha D.; Bhatia, Natasha; Hawkins, S. J. (Ed.); Allcock, A. L. (Ed.); Bates, A. E. (Ed.); Evans, A.J. (Ed.); Firth, L. B. (Ed.); McQuaid, C. D. (Ed.); Russell, B. D. (Ed.); Smith, I. P. (Ed.); Swearer, S. E. (Ed.); and Todd, P. A. (Ed.), "Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Mangrove Forests and Salt Marshes" (2020). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 463.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/463
ORCID
0000-0002-8786-6178 (Yando)
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