2016
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0674-6
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Exploring the Capacity of Water Framework Directive Indices to Assess Ecosystem Services in Fluvial and Riparian Systems: Towards a Second Implementation Phase

Abstract: We explored the capacity of the biological and hydromorphological indices used in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to assess ecosystem services by evaluating the ecological status of Spanish River Basins. This analysis relies on an exhaustive bibliography review which showed scientific evidence of the interlinkages between some ecosystem services and different hydromorphological and biological elements which have been used as indices in the WFD. Our findings indicate that, of a total of 38 ecosystem service… Show more

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“…A fuller range of metrics as included in WFD water status are considered in the literature review by Vidal-Aberca et al [27], who argue that the majority of the hydromorphological and biological indices used in WFD are likely factors in provision and use of recreational services. Nevertheless, to our knowledge only one study [19] has explicitly correlated the WFD ecological status metric to an ecosystem service: fish catch measured as catch per unit effort, in different locations along a one large boreal Finnish lake.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A fuller range of metrics as included in WFD water status are considered in the literature review by Vidal-Aberca et al [27], who argue that the majority of the hydromorphological and biological indices used in WFD are likely factors in provision and use of recreational services. Nevertheless, to our knowledge only one study [19] has explicitly correlated the WFD ecological status metric to an ecosystem service: fish catch measured as catch per unit effort, in different locations along a one large boreal Finnish lake.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stream segments with high biological integrity scores represent locations with higher biodiversity conservation value. They are also essential for various regulatory (e.g., natural nursery areas) and cultural (e.g., recreational hiking) ecosystem services (Grizetti et al., ; Vidal‐Abarca et al., ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first step is to develop a set of "indicators" of biodiversity and ecosystem services, namely the key biological/physical elements of a system that help to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services and the various pressures that degrade ecosystem structure and function (Grizetti, Lanzanova, Liquete, Reynaud, & Cardoso, 2016;Maes et al, 2016). For example, physical and chemical water quality, land use type, invasive species threats and the presence of in-stream barriers can provide useful indicators of overall ecosystem health in freshwaters (Nelson et al, 2009;Terrado et al, 2016;Vidal-Abarca, Santos-Martín, Martín-López, Sánchez-Montoya, & Suárez Alonso, 2016). The next step is to assess the role of connectivity in relation to biodiversity and ecosystem services regulation in a particular system and to propose a metric that adequately describes connectivity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is still a lack of scientific evidence linking indicators used to assess the ecological status of fluvial and riparian ecosystems with ES. Fluvial and riparian ecosystems are still being incorporated into the ES approach to properly value their ecological and social relevance [62].…”
Section: An Es Diversity Index For Measuring Ecosystem Multifunctionamentioning
confidence: 99%