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Cultural Services in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

Abstract

Many people seek and interact with aquatic ecosystems such as seas, rivers and wetlands to obtain non-material benefits provided by cultural ecosystem services. These services influence the way people live and feel in the world and contribute to the satisfaction of fundamental human needs. However, cultural ecosystem services are often undervalued, underprotected, and neglected from ecosystem services studies. This arises from difficulties in their operation such as uncertainties on their generation and on people’s demand for cultural ecosystem services.

This chapter provides an overview of cultural services generated by aquatic ecosystems. It gives insights into their biophysical generation and it explores the relationships between human needs and ecosystem service demand. Furthermore, it illustrates the values of cultural ecosystem services with a case study, and it proposes a driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) framework as a management tool for decision-makers.

These topics are fundamental to apply better strategies that can effectively protect and conserve aquatic ecosystems and their cultural service provision.

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Rodrigues, J.M.G. (2015). Cultural Services in Aquatic Ecosystems. In: Chicharo, L., Müller, F., Fohrer, N. (eds) Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9846-4_3

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