Meta-Analysis and Spatial Distribution of Ecosystem Services in Louisiana's Coastal Zone: Implications for Coastal Restoration

Meta-Analysis and Spatial Distribution of Ecosystem Services in Louisiana's Coastal Zone: Implications for Coastal Restoration

van Heerden, V.N., and Snyder, B., 2024. Meta-analysis and spatial distribution of ecosystem services in Louisiana's coastal zone: Implications for coastal restoration. Journal of Coastal Research, 40(1), 17–30. Charlotte (North Carolina), ISSN 0749-0208. Coastal Louisiana is shaped by dynamic...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 17 - 30
Main Authors: van Heerden, Vanessa N., Snyder, Brian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Fort Lauderdale Coastal Education and Research Foundation 01-01-2024
Allen Press Publishing
Allen Press Inc
Subjects:
Analysis
Aquatic ecosystems
Brackish ecosystems
Coastal research
Coastal zone
Coastal zones
Communication
Distribution
Ecosystem services
ecosystem values
Ecosystems
environmental policymaking
Environmental regulations
Fisheries
Freshwater
Freshwater ecosystems
human dimensions
Human-environment relationship
Inland water environment
Meta-analysis
nature–society relationships
Primary production
Provisioning
Restoration
Saline water
Spatial analysis
Spatial distribution
Spatial science
Wetlands
Louisiana
United States > US
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Summary:van Heerden, V.N., and Snyder, B., 2024. Meta-analysis and spatial distribution of ecosystem services in Louisiana's coastal zone: Implications for coastal restoration. Journal of Coastal Research, 40(1), 17–30. Charlotte (North Carolina), ISSN 0749-0208. Coastal Louisiana is shaped by dynamic and complex nature–society relationships. In environmental policymaking, the ecosystem services framework is a common approach to conceptualizing this relationship. A meta-analysis of 46 studies from 1974 to 2019 was conducted, which contained 168 primary ecosystem services valuations for wetlands in coastal Louisiana. Ecosystem services values for freshwater, brackish, and saltwater wetlands are presented. Services include disturbance regulation, fisheries, gas regulation, primary production, nutrient regulation, recreation, and waste regulation. With these values, total ecosystem services values for all wetlands in the coastal zone were calculated. The results showed that freshwater wetlands provide ecosystem services values similar to those of saltwater wetlands and that the annual ecosystem services provisioning for the coastal zone totals more than $36.3 billion (2022 U.S. dollars). This study presents environmental policymakers and planners with an updated ecosystem services value database for effectively communicating the dynamic relationship between people and nature in Louisiana.
ISSN:0749-0208
1551-5036
DOI:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-23-00014.1