Marine ecosystem services of seagrass in physical and monetary terms: The Mediterranean Sea case study

Addamo, Anna Maria, La Notte, Alessandra, Ferrini, Silvia and Grilli, Gaetano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-167X (2025) Marine ecosystem services of seagrass in physical and monetary terms: The Mediterranean Sea case study. Ecological Economics, 227. ISSN 0921-8009

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Abstract

Seagrass habitats are essential and vulnerable ecosystems with several key roles, from biodiversity hotspots to climate change mitigation. Their characteristics, current condition and potential benefits, are the main core of this study which presents one of the first applications of marine accounts for the European Mediterranean Sea. The assessment focuses on four marine and coastal ecosystem services (i.e. fish and raw biomass provision, blue carbon, and nature-based recreation) and relies on habitat modelling for the biophysical assessment and a diversity of economic valuation tools (e.g. resource rent, avoided costs, benefit transfer) for the monetization of benefits. The findings highlight the essential benefits provided by seagrass meadows for Mediterranean European countries. Accounting tables display the role of seagrass to enhance environmental and economic well-being and the support that accounting evidence can provide for conservation, restoration and marine spatial planning.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Finance Group
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2024 12:30
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2024 01:02
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97456
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108420

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