Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

Abstract

1. Introduction.- 2. The basic ideas of the ecosystem service concept.- 3. Cultural Services in Aquatic Ecosystems.- 4. The importance of hyporheic zone processes on ecological functioning and solute transport of streams and rivers.- 5. Marine and coastal ecosystems: delivery of goods and services, through sustainable use and conservation.- 6. Terrestrial ecosystem services in river basins: An overview and an assessment framework.- 7. Quantifying, modelling and mapping ecosystem services in watersheds.- 8. A methodology for quantifying and mapping ecosystem services provided by watersheds.- 9. Assessing the impact of land-use changes on providing hydrological ecosystem functions (ESF) and services (ESS) - a case-study experience based conceptual framework.- 10. Valuation of ecosystem services regarding the Water Framework Directive on the example of the Jahna river catchment in Saxony (Germany).- 11. Water-related ecosystem services - the case study of regulating ecosystem services in the Kielstau basin, Germany.- 12. Aquatic Ecosystem services and Management in East Africa: the Tanzania case.- 13. Coastal watershed ecosystem services management in West Africa: Case of Ghana and Nigeria.- 14. Management of agriculture to preserve environmental values of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.- 15. Ecohydrology: a new approach to old problems for sustainable management of aquatic ecosystem of Bangladesh for ecosystem service provision.- 16. Ecosystem services in estuarine systems: implications for management.