Management of eutrophicated coastal ecosystems: a synopsis of the literature with emphasis on theory and methodology

This paper presents a theoretical and methodological review of the literature relevant for the management of eutrophicated coastal ecosystems. First, we define a coastal ecosystem and argue that coastal ecosystem pollution is characterised by multiple, interacting, heterogeneous emissions at differe...

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Published in:Ecological economics 2003-11, Vol.47 (1), p.1-11
Main Authors: Elofsson, Katarina, Folmer, Henk, Gren, Ing-Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abatement
Baltic Sea
chance constraints
Coastal ecosystems
Coasts
Economics
Ecosystems
Environment
Eutrophication
Geography
Interacting pollutants
land
Marine
Methodology
nitrogen
phosphorus
point
policy implications
Pollution
Uncertainty
water-pollution
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Summary:This paper presents a theoretical and methodological review of the literature relevant for the management of eutrophicated coastal ecosystems. First, we define a coastal ecosystem and argue that coastal ecosystem pollution is characterised by multiple, interacting, heterogeneous emissions at different, interdependent locations. We pay special attention to the fact that pollutant transports and transformations are stochastic due to variations in weather and other natural processes. In the second part of the paper we review various methodological aspects. First we characterise the basic approach which usually comes down to minimising total costs subject to a restriction on the loads of a single pollutant in a static setting. Next we consider various extensions, notably in terms of geographical scale, dynamics, multiple pollutants and uncertainty. Finally, we introduce the papers that make up the special issue.
ISSN:0921-8009
1873-6106
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.09.001