Stakeholder Perceptions of Coastal Habitat Ecosystem Services |
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| Authors: | Lauren Hutchison Paul Montagna Dave Yoskowitz Damion Scholz Jace Tunnell |
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| Institution: | 1.Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies,Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi,Corpus Christi,USA;2.Environmental Systems Research Institute,Redlands,USA;3.Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program,Corpus Christi,USA |
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| Abstract: | The goal of the current study was to document local stakeholder perceptions of ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats and to incorporate values of ecosystem services into an ecosystem-based management plan. A second goal was to identify and quantify ecosystem service supply at the local level, which is a knowledge gap identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystem services were quantified as stakeholder perceptions of values. To identify local stakeholder perceptions of coastal habitat ecosystem services, a workshop was conducted at which stakeholders were asked to complete surveys. Data from the surveys were used to create a spatial representation of the number of ecosystem services provided by habitats in the form of a heat map. Results of the study were incorporated into an ecosystem-based management plan to enable stakeholders and managers to make better-informed decisions regarding priority areas for conservation, preservation, and restoration. The methods used in this study can be expanded to develop future ecosystem-based management plans. |
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