The role of Italian coastal dunes as carbon sinks and diversity sources. A multi-service perspective

Drius, Mita; Carranza, María Laura; Stanisci, Angela; Jones, Laurence

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.08.007

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“…In this way, standardized and recognizable EU habitats description and spatial data are available for Italian coasts, as well for the whole Europe (Janssen et al, 2016). This data set therefore offers the basis for quantifying and transferring ES values to other sandy coastal ecosystems across European countries hosting the same habitat types (Bastian, 2013;Drius et al, 2016). The EU dune habitat types have been already used in previous studies on ES assessment at landscape scale (e.g.…”

Section: Coastal Dune Habitat Typesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The EU dune habitat types have been already used in previous studies on ES assessment at landscape scale (e.g. Drius et al, 2016;Carranza et al, 2018).…”

Section: Coastal Dune Habitat Typesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two of them (fixed dunes and wooded dunes) are of priority conservation interest at European level and three of them (embryo dunes, mobile dunes and fixed dunes) are currently in poor conservation status in Italy (La Posta et al, 2008) and in Europe (European Commission, 2008), requiring specific conservation actions (Janssen et al, 2016). (Drius et al, 2016) describing the typical Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation zonation and the analysed EU habitat types (EEC, 1992) along with their codes, brief description and the abbreviations used in this manuscript (EU priority habitats are marked with an asterisk). A description of the habitats is presented in Appendix A.…”

Section: Coastal Dune Habitat Typesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Coastal dunes being early successional ecosystems have high soil carbon accumulation rates (Jones et al, 2008;Olff et al, 1993), and due to their wide distribution they fulfil an important role in regulating greenhouse gas emissions in coastal areas (Everard et al, 2010). Carbon stock values for each EU habitat were derived from a field study aimed at building a pioneer inventory of soil carbon stocks in the Mediterranean dune systems (Drius et al, 2016). The average soil carbon stock per unit area (t ha -1 ) was computed from carbon content, fresh soil weight, % moisture and the area of core samples (see for details Drius et al, 2016; carbon stock values for each habitat type are reported in Appendix C).…”

Section: Climate Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T 5 Although the identification, quantification and mapping of ES have been recognized as critical component of effective conservation plans for protected areas (Maes et al, 2018), and the methodologies to obtain this information is steadily increasing (Bastian, 2013), a multilevel assessment of ES in a network of coastal dunes protected areas remains poorly explored (Drius et al, 2016). Previous studies have either conducted in-depth analysis of ES at a single site (Ford et al, 2012), or performed assessments of few services across multiple dune sites (Drius et al, 2016). Moreover, although the unique biodiversity of sand dunes has been largely investigated, few studies have explored if and how people perceive this value (Marzetti Dall'Aste Brandolini, 2006).…”

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“…The EU dune habitat types have been already used in previous studies on ES assessment at landscape scale (e.g. Drius et al, 2016;Carranza et al, 2018).…”

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Coastal foredunes form via biophysical feedbacks between sand accretion and burial‐tolerant vegetation and can protect coastlines from hazards such as extreme storms and sea level rise. Predicting how coastal dunes, and the services they provide, will change in the future requires an understanding of the relative roles of the physical and ecological processes that shape their structure and function. Here we assess the relative roles of sand supply, beach morphology, and vegetation in determining foredune morphology, and its change, along a 300‐km stretch of the US Central Atlantic coast. In particular, we used the spatial variability inherent in beaches and dunes of this region to determine the relative importance of shoreline change rate (SCR; a proxy for sand supply to the beach), beach morphology, and grass density of four widespread dune grasses (Uniola paniculata, Ammophila breviligulata, Panicum amarum, and Spartina patens) to foredune morphology metrics (height, width, and aspect ratio) along the North Carolina Outer Banks barrier islands. Foredune morphology and change metrics are correlated with three main factors: multidecadal SCR (1997–2016), beach slope, and dune grass density and species identity. Multidecadal SCR and beach width explained the most variation in, and were positively correlated with, foredune height and width, and were negatively correlated with foredune aspect ratio (height divided by width). In addition, grass density and changes in grass density contributed significantly to foredune morphology change. We found a positive relationship between change in A. breviligulata density and foredune width, which aligns with previous studies on the US Atlantic and Pacific Northwest coasts. Our results demonstrate the interactive roles of beach sand supply and dune grass functional morphology in dune building processes on highly vulnerable coastlines.

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Butterflies and plant species are widely used as model systems in biodiversity and conservation research. However, little is known about spatial patterns of butterfly diversity linked to plant communities across coastal dune ecotones. We explored the relation between butterfly and vegetation diversity in a Mediterranean protected dune system in Central Italy. We sampled butterfly and plant communities on shifting and fixed dunes and investigated their distribution patterns by diversity indexes and Species Abundance Diversity models (SADs). We also computed species beta-diversity and analyzed the relation between butterfly communities and vegetation by correlation analyses. Cross-taxon congruence in species richness, composition and abundance was assessed using Mantel correlation tests. Both butterfly and plant diversity were higher on the fixed dunes than on the shifting dunes. In both communities, SADs were adequately described by the geometric series model, which is typical of harsh environments with simple communities dominated by few species. Among both butterflies and plants, we identified species found only on either the shifting or the fixed dunes. Correlation between plant and butterfly diversity was higher for entomophilous plant species than for the more abundant anemophilous ones. Our results indicate that both plant and butterfly communities respond to the sea-inland environmental gradient, forming distinct communities with specialized taxa. Our findings also provide evidence of the importance of butterfly-plant relations for preserving biological diversity and ecosystem functioning in Mediterranean coastal areas.

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The role of Italian coastal dunes as carbon sinks and diversity sources. A multi-service perspective

Abstract: The role of Italian coastal dunes as carbon sinks and diversity sources. A multi-service perspective.

Cited by 51 publications

References 42 publications

Not just a sandy beach. The multi-service value of Mediterranean coastal dunes

Not just a sandy beach. The multi-service value of Mediterranean coastal dunes

Sand supply and dune grass species density affect foredune shape along the US Central Atlantic Coast

Cross-taxon analysis in the highly threatened Mediterranean dunes reveals consistent diversity patterns in butterfly and plant communities

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