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Mapping Marine Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Spatial Planning

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 3768

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Tiziana Luisetti

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Principal environmental economist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, UK
Interests: environmental economics; ecological economics; coastal and marine ecosystem services and natural capital
Dr. Clement Garcia

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Senior marine ecologist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, UK
Interests: functional diversity; ecosystem multifunctions; trait-based modeling and numerical ecology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The marine realm covers more than two times the surface of drylands on Earth, yet we know more about other planets of the solar system than we do about our oceans. There is an ongoing realization of this disparity and, consequently, there is a growing interest in moving toward a better appreciation of the marine environment and its benefits for human societies, whilst there is growing economic interest in the use of the marine space. The assessment and mapping of marine ecosystem services for the sustainable use of our seas are becoming imperative to maintain a healthy environment for present and future generations.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality inter-disciplinary research papers addressing issues, and providing new information, about: data provision around the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems and related ecosystem services, marine habitat mapping, and the use of the natural capital in the marine space. We welcome inter-disciplinary papers in the fields of environmental and ecological economics, as well as marine governance, and marine natural sciences for the conception of a holistic sustainable marine spatial planning.

Dr. Tiziana Luisetti
Dr. Clement Garcia
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • coastal and marine ecosystem services
  • functional diversity
  • multifunctionality
  • coastal and marine ecosystem impacts
  • habitat mapping
  • natural capital
  • marine spatial planning
  • sustainable use of marine resources

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Integrated Methodological Approach for the Documentation of Marine Priority Habitats and Submerged Antiquities: Examples from the Saronic Gulf, Greece
by Nikos Georgiou, Xenophon Dimas and George Papatheodorou
Sustainability 2021, 13(21), 12327; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132112327 - 08 Nov 2021
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The rising human activities and resource exploitation have increased pressure in the coastal zone and the marine environment, risking the very existence of Marine Priority Habitats (MPH) and Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH). The delimitation of these two priority areas in a time- and [...] Read more.
The rising human activities and resource exploitation have increased pressure in the coastal zone and the marine environment, risking the very existence of Marine Priority Habitats (MPH) and Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH). The delimitation of these two priority areas in a time- and cost-effective way is essential for the sustainable management and exploitation of sea resources and natural-cultural heritage preservation. We propose an Integrated Methodological Approach for the Detection and Mapping of MPH and UCH. To achieve this, we used a downscale methodological approach of increasing spatial resolution based on three main methodological axes: (i) desk-based research, (ii) marine geophysics/seafloor classification, and (iii) in-depth visual inspection/3D mapping. This methodological scheme was implemented at the Saronic Gulf and focused on Aegina island. The methodology proposed, which combines existing and new techniques, proved successful in detecting and mapping the MPH and UCH in detail, while it compiled the information necessary for the establishment of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) maps. Finally, the MSP map constructed for the Saronic Gulf demonstrated the lack of holistic coastal zone management plans due to impacts on UCH linked to anthropogenic intervention and the sparsity of marine habitats owing to marine pollution. Full article
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