Marine ecosystems, especially on coasts, are under a variety of human-related pressures. Some of the changes are due to local direct human impacts (eutrophication and fishing) and some are due to global climate change (changes in temperature and precipitation). Coastal ecosystems provide many crucial ecosystem services (fishing, nutrient filtering, etc.). These can be either tangible, such as fishing, or more immaterial, such as recreational possibilities. Some, for example, tourism, are related to both. Coastal ecosystems have undergone degradation over the years, but untangling causality between multiple simultaneous pressures and observed changes has proven difficult. In this project, I use ecosystem modelling to simulate various pressure scenarios, their impacts on the system, and the ecosystem services they provide. Modelling also enables the creation of potential recovery scenarios to illustrate where different management actions may lead in these ecosystems.

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