Inter-country differences in the cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles

People and Nature

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Mathilde Jackson-Bué¹  Ana C. Brito²  Sara Cabral²  David N. Carss¹  Frederico Carvalho²  Paula Chainho²  Aurélie Ciutat³  Elena Couñago Sanchez⁴  Xavier de Montaudouin⁵  Rosa M. Fernández Otero⁴  Mónica Incera Filgueira⁴  Alice Fitch¹  Angus Garbutt¹  M. Anouk Goedknegt⁵  Sharon A. Lynch⁶  Kate E. Mahony⁶  Olivier Maire⁵  Shelagh K. Malham⁷  Francis Orvain⁸  Mélanie Rocroy⁹  Andrew van der Schatte Olivier^1,10  Laurence Jones¹ 

[1] UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology;MARE, Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa;CNRS;Centro Tecnológico del Mar, Fundación CETMAR;Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, Station Marine d'Arcachon;School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Centre ,(AFDC) and Environmental Research Institute ,(ERI), University College Cork;Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences;Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques;GEMEL—Groupe d'étude des milieux estuariens et littoraux;Institute of Marine Science—University of Portsmouth

关键词: bivalves;    Cerastoderma edule;    cultural heritage;    nature's contributions to people;    non-material benefits;    shellfish;   

DOI  :  10.1002/pan3.10252

学科分类：护理学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

1. Coastal systems provide many cultural ecosystem services (CES) to humans. Fewerstudies have focused solely on CES, while those comparing CES across countriesare even rarer. In the case of shellfish, considerable ecosystem services focus hasbeen placed on nutrient remediation, with relatively little on the cultural servicesprovided, despite strong historical, cultural, social and economic links betweenshellfish and coastal communities. The ecosystem services provided by the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule, have recently been described, yet the culturalbenefits from cockles remain mostly unknown.2. Here, we documented the CES provided by C. edule in five maritime countries alongthe Atlantic coast of western Europe, classifying evidenced examples of servicesinto an a priori framework. The high-level classes, adapted from the MillenniumAssessment and the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services,were: inspirational, sense of place, spiritual & religious, aesthetic, recreation &ecotourism, cultural heritage and educational. A further 19 sub-classes were defined. We followed a narrative approach to draw out commonalities and differences among countries using a semi-quantitative analysis.3. Examples of CES provided by cockles were found for all classes in most countries.Cockles supply important and diverse cultural benefits to humans across Atlantic Europe, making it an ideal model species to study CES in coastal areas. Most examples were in cultural heritage, highlighting the importance of this class in comparison with classes which typically receive more attention in the literature likerecreation or aesthetics. We also found that the cultural associations with cocklesdiffered among countries, including between neighbouring countries that sharea strong maritime heritage. The extent to which cultural associations were linkedwith the present or past also differed among countries, with stronger associationwith the present in southern countries and with the past in the north.4. Understanding the wider benefits of cockles could deepen the recognition of thisimportant coastal resource, and contribute to promoting sustainable managementpractices, through greater engagement with local communities. This study is animportant step towards better integration of CES in coastal environments andcould be used as a framework to study the CES of other species or ecosystems.

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