Rethinking ecosystem service indicators for their application to intermittent rivers
2022
Pastor, Amandine | Tzoraki, O. | Bruno, D. | Kaletová, T. | Mendoza-Lera, C. | Alamanos, A. | Brummer, M. | Datry, T. | de Girolamo, A.M. | Jakubínský, J. | Logar, I. | Loures, L. | Ilhéu, M. | Koundouri, P. | Nunes, J.P | Quintas-Soriano, C. | Sykes, T. | Truchy, A. | Tsani, S. | Jorda-Capdevila, D. | Technologies et Méthodes pour les Agricultures de demain (UMR ITAP) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Centre for Ecology - Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) ; Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne (ULISBOA) | University of the Aegean | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC) | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | University of Koblenz-Landau | Stroud Water Research Center ; Stroud Water Research Center | Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) | Universität Bayreuth [Deutschland] = University of Bayreuth [Germany] = Université de Bayreuth [Allemagne] | RiverLy - Fonctionnement des hydrosystèmes (RiverLy) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CNR BARI ITA ; Partenaires IRSTEA ; Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) | Global Change Research Centre (CzechGlobe) | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (EAWA) | Politécnico de Portalegre = Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre | Universidade de Évora = University of Évora [Portugal] | Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) | Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR) | Universidad de Almería (UAL) | University of Southampton | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) | University of Ioannina | Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua = Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) ; Universitat de Girona = University of Girona (UdG) | The authors thank the SMIRES COST ACTION CA15113 from the European Cooperation in Science and Technology for funding part of this research and especially the research grant that AV Pastor received in 2017: STSM reference number: CA15113-41532 entitled & laquo; Assessment of ecosystem services of an intermittent river in the South of Portugal & raquo;. The authors also thank Cristina Viegas, municipality of Faro (PT) , Cristina Veiga-Pires (University of Algarve) , Marques Afonso (APA-ARH, Faro, Portugal) , Miguel Rodrigues (CCV Alg, PT) , Helena Correie (Cen-tro de formacao profesionais de Faro, PT) , Ines Monteiro (Field Portu-guese translator to English) for the Rio Seco CS and Marinos Kritsotakis, Aggeliki Martinou and Ioanna Mari, Manolis Dretakis, Foukarakis Michalis-officer, Antonaki Anna-officer, Filipakis Dimitris, Dimos-thenis Isaakiidis and Giannakakis Thanos for the Giofyros CS. Additional funding was obtained from the Portuguese Fundaca & tilde;o para a Cie circle ncia e a Tecnologia, through funding attributed to the CE3C research center (UIDB/00329/2020) . DB was supported by CSIC Interdisciplinary The-matic Platform (PTI) Sintesis de Datos de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (PTI-ECOBIODIV) .
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اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]إنجليزي. In these times of strong pressure on aquatic ecosystems and water resources due to climate change and water abstraction, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) (rivers that periodically cease to flow and/or dry) have become valuable assets. Indeed, not only do they supply water but they also offer services for humanity. Despite a growing recognition towards IRES, information for assessing their ecosystem services (ES) remains scarce. In a first step, an international interdisciplinary group of researchers developed a methodological framework to acknowledge ES provided by IRES using 109 indicators. A subset of selected ES indicators was then applied to two case studies: the Rio Seco in the Algarve (Portugal) and the Giofyros River in Crete (Greece). This paper discusses the applicability of these indicators, including the temporal and spatial variability of IRES flow regimes. Aspects of the framework, such as the methods and time required for data collection, the nature (de-mand or supply) and functionality of each indicator are discussed. The new framework accounts for flow intermittence in ES analyses and can help scientists and water managers to i) increase the ease and justification for IRES use in management approaches and ii) improve their conservation and restoration with a comprehensive set of appropriate indicators for IRES. In addition, the comprehensive nature of the proposed indicators ensures that they can be understood by a broad audience and easily applicable. Since they were designed through a public participation process, the setting has been prepared for holistic stakeholder analysis and education around IRES functions and associated ES. From a management point of view, it would be particularly relevant to perform an economic evaluation with this new framework to understand the value of each ES category and their tradeoffs. For the scientific community, however, it is important to consider public preferences to design socially accepted policies. The proposed indicators can successfully bridge these elements, hereby establishing a solid basis for the assessment of ES provided by IRES.
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