Indicators for ecosystem services and vulnerabilities in the Mediterranean Sea. An initial application

La Notte, Alessandra, Addamo, Anna Maria, Ferrini, Silvia, Grilli, Gaetano, Polimene, Luca and Macias, Diego (2025) Indicators for ecosystem services and vulnerabilities in the Mediterranean Sea. An initial application. Ecological Indicators, 178. ISSN 1470-160X

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Abstract

Economy and society rely on a healthy marine ecosystem to meet a number of tangible and intangible needs. However, understanding the composition and trends in the exchange between the marine ecosystem and the socio-economic system is key to inform effectively the management of marine resources and the sustainable development of economies that depend on them. The accounting framework applied in marine ecosystems may be useful to calculate indicators that measure ecosystem services flows and vulnerabilities. This is the first INCA pilot study on the Mediterranean Sea applied on the following ecosystem services: biomass for nutrition (i.e. fish provision), biomass for materials (i.e. raw biomass), atmospheric composition and conditions (i.e. carbon sequestration), and physical and experiential interactions (i.e. nature-based recreation). Results include Supply and Use tables (SUTs) in physical and monetary terms, and the complementary tables referring to ES vulnerabilities. After computing two indicators, a few suggestions for the on-going research agenda are proposed for the accounting of ES in marine ecosystems, considering the great interest of developing this tool.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data availability: All data are available in the supplementary materials
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ecosystem accounts,marine ecosystem services,natural capital accounts,overfishing,sustainability indicator,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,decision sciences(all),ecology,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Finance Group
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2026 14:30
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2026 06:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102713
DOI:	10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114110

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