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EDIS, 2014 Land-use decisions and ecosystem characteristics affect the amounts of nutrients that end up in water bodies and the ability of the land to provide ecosystem services. Water quality is also highly valued by Florida forest landowners and managers.
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Ecosystem Services Valuation for Estuarine and Coastal Restoration in Florida
EDIS, 2018 Throughout Florida’s history, humans have altered the coastlines, leading to large-scale degradation of coastal ecosystems. This has led to the loss of associated ecosystem services, including products such as food and timber, and processes like coastal
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EDIS, 2015 This study examined the economic contributions, consumer surplus, and ecosystem services provided by recreational use of fifteen major springs sites in north central Florida.
Tatiana Borisova +2 more
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Payments for Ecosystem Services in Florida’s Landscape: Concepts and Principles
EDISEcosystem services are the direct and indirect benefits that ecosystems provide humans. Florida is known for its diverse landscape, which includes valuable ecosystem services such as water storage, soil conservation, and biodiversity.
Youmin Li +4 more
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Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration [PDF]
Scientific ReportsComplex reef structure, built via calcium carbonate production by stony corals and other calcifying taxa, supports key ecosystem services. However, the decline in coral cover on reefs of the Florida Reef Tract (US), caused by ocean warming, disease, and ...
Emily Esplandiu +4 more
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The Impacts of Trimming Mangroves
EDIS, 2022 Mangroves provide quintessential ecosystem services in Florida, where there are three native mangrove species: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), and white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa).
Natalia Medina Irizarry, Michael Andreu
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What Else Can Surface Water Buffer Systems Do?—Exploring Multiple Ecosystem Services
EDIS, 2016 As society confronts the consequences of global warming, deteriorating water quality, and impoverished biodiversity, there is a growing urgency to develop and expand water buffers' multifunctional ecosystem services.
Lei Wu +2 more
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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Availability
EDIS, 2019 This paper is a part of the EDIS series “Economic Value of Florida Water Resources”. As the other papers in the series discuss, water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (often referred to as ecosystem services).
Tatiana Borisova +5 more
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Ecosystem Services in Working Lands of the Southeastern USA
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Agriculture and natural systems interweave in the southeastern US, including Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, where topographic, edaphic, hydrologic, and climatic gradients form nuanced landscapes.
Alisa W. Coffin +4 more
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Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake Okeechobee
EDIS, 2015 Future climate change could result in higher temperatures and greater evaporative water loss in Florida. If these changes are not compensated for by more rainfall, the state’s largest water body, Lake Okeechobee, could experience prolonged periods of ...
Karl Havens
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