TY - JOUR

T1 - Assessing ecosystem service potentials to evaluate terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types in Northern Germany

T2 - An expert-based matrix approach

AU - Müller, Felix

AU - Bicking, Sabine

AU - Ahrendt, Kai

AU - Bac, Dang Kinh

AU - Blindow, Irmgard

AU - Fuerst, Christine

AU - Haase, Peter

AU - Kruse, Marion

AU - Kruse, Tim

AU - Ma, Liwei

AU - Perennes, Marie

AU - Ruljevic, Ivana

AU - Schernewski, Gerald

AU - Schimming, Claus-Georg

AU - Schneiders, Anik

AU - Schubert, Hendrik

AU - Schumacher, NoteJohanna

AU - Tappeiner, Ulrike

AU - Wangai, Peter

AU - Windhorst, Wilhelm

AU - Zeleny, Jakub

N1 - Funding Information: This work has been done in the context of the BACOSA II and SECOS II r&d projects, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, funding numbers 03F0737A and 03F0738C. Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the additional initiators of the first version of the ecosystem service matrix, Benjamin Burkhard (Hannover) and Franziska Kroll (Frankfurt). We also thank the collaborators of the Stoll et al.- paper, supporting colleagues and acknowledged persons who provided important comments on older versions, for very thoughtful feed backs: Mihai Adamescu (Bucharest), Algirdas Augustaitis (Kaunas), Cornelia Baessler (Halle), Uta Berger (Dresden), Francisco J. Bonet (Granada), Kremena Burkhard (Hannover), Maria Laura Carranza (Pesche), Constantin Cazacu (Bucharest), Georgia L. Cosor (Bucharest), Ricardo Díaz-Delgado (Sevilla), Mark Frenzel (Halle), Ulf Grandin (Uppsala), Heikki Hämäläinen (Jyväskylä), Timo Kumpula (Joensuu), Rob Loke (Den Hoorn), Jörg Müller (Grafenau), Stoyan Nedkov (Sofia), Angela Stanisci (Pesche), Tomasz Staszewski (Katowice), Stefan Stoll (Trier), Ari Tanskanen (Joensuu), and Petteri Vihervaara (Helsinki). The authors furthermore are extremely happy that the following colleagues have provided significant comments, critics and ideas on the recent matrix configuration: Harald Asmus (List), Olaf Bastian (Dresden), Manfred Bölter (Kiel), Angel Borja (Leioa), Markus Erhard (Copenhagen), Elli Groner (Eilot), Karsten Grunewald (Dresden), Roy Haines-Young (Nottingham), Ying Hou (Beijing), Miguel Inacio (Rostock), Sonja Jäning (Berlin), Jens Kiesel (Kiel), Laura Mononen (Joensuu), Bertram Ostendorf (Adelaide), Matthias Pfannerstill (Kiel), Christian Porsche (Rostock), Marion Potschin (Nottingham), Joao Rodriguez (Lisboa), Werner Rolf (München), Silvia Rova (Venice), Gerals Schernewski (Rostock), Uta Schirpke (Bozen), Heiko Schmüser (Kiel), Joachim Schrautzer (Kiel), Winfried Schröder (Vechta), Horst Sterr (Kiel), Meirong Su (Beijing), Ralf-Uwe Syrbe (Dresden), Ulrich Walz (Dresden), and Naicheng Wu (Aarhus). Additionally there has been permanent support from the colleagues of the BACOSA and SECOS projects, Martin Benkenstein (Rostock), Maximilian Berthold (Rostock), Uwe Buczko (Rostock), René Friedland (Warnemünde), Gerald Jurasinski (Rostock), Friederike Kunz (Warnemünde), Konrad Ott (Kiel), Martin Paar (Greifswald), Katharina Poser (Rostock), Johanna Schumacher (Warnemuende), and Rhena Schumann (Rostock). This work has been done in the context of the BACOSA II and SECOS II r&d projects, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, funding numbers 03F0737A and 03F0738C. The paper has been worked in intensive cooperation. Conceptualization was made as a continuous small group result, while all authors have contributed in the matrix creation and quantification as well as the critical review. The text was worked out by the whole team.

PY - 2020/5

Y1 - 2020/5

N2 - In this article, a revised and enlarged version of a qualitative assessment matrix for the appraisal of ecosystem service potentials is introduced. The product is a simple tool for scoring terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types with respect to their abilities to provide provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services as well as indicators of ecosystem state by applying criteria of ecosystem integrity. The methodological steps of matrix development are described, and the emerging expert opinions are illustrated by characterizing different ecosystem types, analysing different ecosystem services and showing the outcomes of linked GIS-based mapping exercises. The applicability of the matrix is demonstrated by some case studies. The related uncertainties are characterized and discussed in context with limitations, arising challenges and conceptual problems. The tool is made available on the internet, and the authors are looking forward to critical checks and proposals for improvement.

AB - In this article, a revised and enlarged version of a qualitative assessment matrix for the appraisal of ecosystem service potentials is introduced. The product is a simple tool for scoring terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem types with respect to their abilities to provide provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services as well as indicators of ecosystem state by applying criteria of ecosystem integrity. The methodological steps of matrix development are described, and the emerging expert opinions are illustrated by characterizing different ecosystem types, analysing different ecosystem services and showing the outcomes of linked GIS-based mapping exercises. The applicability of the matrix is demonstrated by some case studies. The related uncertainties are characterized and discussed in context with limitations, arising challenges and conceptual problems. The tool is made available on the internet, and the authors are looking forward to critical checks and proposals for improvement.

KW - Ecosystem service potential

KW - Matrix approach

KW - Qualitative ecosystem assessment

KW - Terrestrial ecosystem services

KW - Coastal ecosystem services

KW - Marine ecosystem services

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078964640&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106116

DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106116

M3 - Article

VL - 112

JO - Ecological indicators

JF - Ecological indicators

SN - 1470-160X

M1 - 106116

ER -