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Facilitating the valuation of aquatic ecosystem services: tool integration and multimetric indicators of water quality.
Citation:
Doley, T., J. Corona, C. Griffiths, M. Massey, Chris Moore, B. Rashleigh, W. Wheeler, A. Gossel, S. Muela, S. Whitlock, AND J. Hewitt. Facilitating the valuation of aquatic ecosystem services: tool integration and multimetric indicators of water quality. Applications and Potential of Ecosystem Services Valuation within USDA – Advancing the Science, Washington, DC, April 23 - 24, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
The development of an integrated assessment approach for valuing water quality impacts and aquatic ecosystem services reduces data needs and simplifies analyses at a variety of scales.
Description:
The EPA is developing an integrated assessment approach that combines water quality modeling with valuation, to be widely available. In the valuation model, we consider replacing our single water quality index with two, one for human-based recreation and one for aquatic health, and apply to a hypothetical land-use scenario.