‘The past is the future of the present’: Learning from long-time series of marine monitoring

Borja, Ángel; Chust, Guillem; Rodríguez, José Germán; Bald, Juan; Belzunce-Segarra, María Jesús; Franco, Javier; Garmendia, Joxe Mikel; Larreta, Joana; Menchaca, Iratxe; Muxika, Iñigo; Solaun, Oihana; Revilla, Marta; Uriarte, Adolfo; ­Valencia, Victoriano; Zorita, Izaskun

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.111

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“…Ideally, the biophysical data will cover pre-and post-restoration periods. Despite the successful long-term monitoring networks in marine ecosystems worldwide (Borja et al, 2016), there are many ecosystems still lacking appropriate monitoring (Patrício et al, 2016b). There is a need to improve monitoring of marine areas, especially of those considered to be "ecosystem services hotspots."…”

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“…The Nerbioi's recovery has been gradual, responding to three milestones (Borja et al, 2010a): (i) in 1990, the implementation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) of Galindo, with physical and chemical treatments; (ii) in 1996, the closure of the highly polluting iron and steel industry "Altos Hornos de Vizcaya" (AHV); and (iii) in 2001, the addition of the biological treatment in the WWTP. The closure of industries, the WWTP implementation, and the limitations imposed by more restrictive environmental policies caused a decline of metals, organic compounds and fecal pollution inputs into the estuary, reducing the pollutant concentrations in estuarine waters and sediments (Belzunce et al, 2004b,a;García-Barcina et al, 2006;Borja et al, 2016;Irabien et al, 2018). This resulted in the recovery of, among others, benthic communities (Borja et al, 2006) and demersal fishes (Uriarte and Borja, 2009), as reflected in the increase of the general biological value within the estuary (Pascual et al, 2012).…”

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An Interdisciplinary Approach for Valuing Changes After Ecological Restoration in Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services

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Ecological restoration in marine ecosystems is considered strategic to recover environmental conditions and ecosystem services. However, the traditional singlediscipline perspectives followed for analyzing the results of both restoration projects (focused in the analysis of biophysical changes) and valuation of ecosystem services (focused in economic valuation), do not provide useful theoretical frameworks when working with cultural ecosystem services, where socioeconomic and environmental components are complexly interrelated. We propose an interdisciplinary approach for analyzing changes in cultural ecosystem services in restored marine ecosystems, based on the DAPSI(W)R(M) framework and following a social-ecological system approach. Our methodology considers environmental, social and economic elements that may be contributing to changes in the provision and demand for cultural ecosystem services in restored ecosystems. Our approach was tested in the Nerbioi estuary, a system that, after the implementation of a wastewater treatment plant at the end of the 20 th Century, changed from being one of the most polluted estuaries in Europe to a nearly recovered system. Based on previous studies that have analyzed partial components of the restoration process and of the recreational ecosystem services, here we provide an interdisciplinary picture of the changes occurred in the last 25 years, directly linking the management measures adopted to an increase in human wellbeing. In the applied methodology, the three discipline domains (social, economic, and environmental) transcend each other to provide a new holistic view, completely different from what one would expect from the addition of the parts. In conclusion, this interdisciplinary approach provides a systematic framework for studying changes in cultural ecosystem services in restored systems, with a practical application for valuing human benefits as outcomes of marine restoration projects.

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An Interdisciplinary Approach for Valuing Changes After Ecological Restoration in Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services

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“…The implementation of the WWTP of Galindo and the decline of industrial activities at the end of the 20th century allowed the progressive recovery of the estuarine waters (Cajaraville et al, 2016), with a consequent improvement in the ecological quality (Borja et al, 2016), biological value (Pascual et al, 2012) and positive effects in cultural ecosystem services such as recreational fishing and beach recreation (Pouso et al, 2018a,b).…”

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Financial Inputs for Ecosystem Service Outputs: Beach Recreation Recovery After Investments in Ecological Restoration

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In the Nerbioi estuary (North Spain), the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) constructed in 1990 resulted in an abrupt decrease in water pollution and an opportunity for improved recreational experiences in the three beaches on the estuary. The monetary value of these recreational benefits was estimated using the travel cost method and compared, via a partial cost-benefit analysis, with the costs of beach maintenance. The travel cost models reveal that summer recreational trips to the three Nerbioi beaches have a value of 5.99, 7.06, and 8.09 € trip −1 , respectively. Visitor's profile and social characteristics influenced the models, while the effects of these variables also varied across beaches. Following a conservative approach, the aggregate recreational value of the estuarine beaches was estimated to be more than 3.5 million year −1. This economic benefit, obtained from summer estimates and focusing on one ecosystem service (i.e., beach recreation) from the multiple ones offered by the estuary, is sufficient to cover 100% of annual beach maintenance costs and 12% of the annual sewerage system running costs. Our findings highlight that investing in water sanitation projects such as WWTPs are not only important for the ecological recovery of degraded coastal environments, but also produce additional human benefits that are able to cover (at least) part of the running cost of these large capital investments.

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“…The lack of long-term environmental monitoring is a primary impediment to understanding pre- versus post- restoration change (Schiff et al 2016) and also impedes recognition of any coastal ecosystem improvements derived from prolonged management, policy and restoration activities. Long-term coastal monitoring programs can facilitate a broader sense of how management, policy and restoration activities affect coastal ecosystem quality (Borja et al 2016). Utilizing lessons-learned from environmental monitoring programs, new frameworks are starting to emerge to better understand and facilitate coastal restoration ecology (Bayraktarov et al 2016; Diefenderfer et al 2016).…”

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Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Restoration Activities on Water Quality in Tampa Bay, Florida

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Habitat and water quality restoration projects are commonly used to enhance coastal resources or mitigate the negative impacts of water quality stressors. Significant resources have been expended for restoration projects, yet much less attention has focused on evaluating broad regional outcomes beyond site-specific assessments. This study presents an empirical framework to evaluate multiple datasets in the Tampa Bay area (Florida, USA) to identify (1) the types of restoration projects that have produced the greatest improvements in water quality and (2) time frames over which different projects may produce water quality benefits. Information on the location and date of completion of 887 restoration projects from 1971 to 2017 were spatially and temporally matched with water quality records at each of the 45 long-term monitoring stations in Tampa Bay. The underlying assumption was that the developed framework could identify differences in water quality changes between types of restoration projects based on aggregate estimates of chlorophyll-a concentrations before and after the completion of one to many projects. Water infrastructure projects to control point source nutrient loading into the Bay were associated with the highest likelihood of chlorophylla reduction, particularly for projects occurring prior to 1995. Habitat restoration projects were also associated with reductions in chlorophyll-a, although the likelihood of reductions from the cumulative effects of these projects were less than those from infrastructure improvements alone. The framework is sufficiently flexible for application to different spatiotemporal contexts and could be used to develop reasonable expectations for implementation of future water quality restoration activities throughout the Gulf of Mexico.

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‘The past is the future of the present’: Learning from long-time series of marine monitoring

Cited by 54 publications

References 79 publications

An Interdisciplinary Approach for Valuing Changes After Ecological Restoration in Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services

An Interdisciplinary Approach for Valuing Changes After Ecological Restoration in Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services

Financial Inputs for Ecosystem Service Outputs: Beach Recreation Recovery After Investments in Ecological Restoration

Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Restoration Activities on Water Quality in Tampa Bay, Florida

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