Inácio M, Das M, Barceló D, Pereira P
Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities st. 20, Vilnius LT-08303, Lithuania.
Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India.
MethodsX. 2023 Jan 13;10:102015. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102015. eCollection 2023.
Lake ecosystems are essential for human well-being. Due to its transboundary nature, connecting terrestrial and aquatic habitats, its environmental processes and functions support a wide array of ecosystem services (ES). Hence, despite its importance in supporting socio-ecologic systems, these freshwater ecosystems are highly impacted due to anthropogenic influence. ES may shed light on the importance of maintaining and restoring lake ecosystems. Hence, despite the increased effort in the last decades to provide robust spatial information, most scientific studies still follow a qualitative approach that carries a great deal of uncertainty and is not uptake by decision-makers. It is necessary to develop quantitative and robust methodologies for mapping ES, especially in the aquatic realm. This study develops several frameworks to map ES in lake ecosystems. Important to highlight is that this study.•develops a quantitative multi-method (biophysical and statistical) toolbox for lake ES multi-temporal mapping.•covers five ES from Provisioning, Regulating & Maintenance, and Cultural sections, namely: (1) Fibres and other materials for construction; (2) Water used for non-drinking purposes; (3) Maintenance of nursery populations; (4) nutrient regulation; and (5) recreation.•addresses three dimensions of ES: supply, flow; and demand.
湖泊生态系统对人类福祉至关重要。由于其具有跨界性质，连接陆地和水生栖息地，其环境过程和功能支持着广泛的生态系统服务（ES）。因此，尽管湖泊生态系统在支持社会生态系统方面具有重要意义，但由于人为影响，这些淡水生态系统受到了严重冲击。生态系统服务有助于阐明维护和恢复湖泊生态系统的重要性。然而，尽管在过去几十年里人们加大了努力以提供可靠的空间信息，但大多数科学研究仍采用定性方法，这种方法存在很大的不确定性，决策者也未采用。有必要开发定量且可靠的方法来绘制生态系统服务图，尤其是在水生领域。本研究开发了几个框架来绘制湖泊生态系统中的生态系统服务图。需要重点强调的是，本研究：
开发了一个用于湖泊生态系统服务多时间尺度制图的定量多方法（生物物理和统计）工具箱。
涵盖了供应、调节与维护以及文化等部分的五种生态系统服务，即：（1）建筑用纤维和其他材料；（2）非饮用水；（3）育苗种群的维持；（4）养分调节；（5）娱乐。
涉及生态系统服务的三个维度：供应、流动和需求。
