Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research

作者：Petillon, Julien; McKinley, Emma; Alexander, Meghan; Adams, Janine B.; Angelini, Christine; Balke, Thorsten; Griffin, John N.; Bouma, Tjeerd; Hacker, Sally; He, Qiang; Hensel, Marc J. S.; Ibanez, Carles; Macreadie, Peter, I; Martino, Simone; Sharps, Elwyn; Ballinger, Rhoda; de Battisti, Davide; Beaumont, Nicola; Burdon, Daryl; Daleo, Pedro; D'Alpaos, Andrea; Duggan-Edwards, Mollie; Garbutt, Angus; Jenkins, Stuart; Ladd, Cai J. T.; Lewis, Heather; Mariotti, Giulio; McDermott, Osgur

来源：Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 898: 165544.

DOI：10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165544

• Saltmarsh conservation and restoration
• Ecosystem services
• Global variation
• Socio-ecological interactions
• Research priorities

Coastal saltmarshes provide globally important ecosystem services including 'blue carbon' sequestration, flood protection, pollutant remediation, habitat provision and cultural value. Large portions of marshes have been lost or fragmented as a result of land reclamation, embankment construction, and pollution. Sea level rise threatens marsh survival by blocking landward migration where coastlines have been developed. Research-informed saltmarsh conservation and restoration efforts are helping to prevent further loss, yet significant knowledge gaps remain. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper identifies ten research priorities through an online questionnaire and a residential workshop attended by an international, multi-disciplinary network of 35 saltmarsh experts spanning natural, physical and social sciences across research, policy, and practitioner sectors. Priorities have been grouped under four thematic areas of research: Saltmarsh Area Extent, Change and Restoration fluences of environmental context, climate change, and stakeholder groups on service provisioning), Patterns and

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