Management of coastal areas based on comprehensive evaluation of ecosystems

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25660147
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Aquatic bioproduction science
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: SHOJI Jun 広島大学, 生物圏科学研究科, 准教授 (10397565)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 沿岸生態系 / 価値評価 / 保全 / 管理 / 文理融合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Coastal ecosystems provide a variety of ecosystem services that have high economic values. In order to conduct comprehensive evaluation of economic values of coastal ecosystems, field survey and indirect surveys were conducted. Quantitative and qualitative differences in components of ecosystem services and their economic values were revealed by comparison among the survey sites. Results from the present study suggested that region-specific management is needed for sustainable use of ecosystem services of each site.

Free Research Field

海洋生態学