Extending Rapid Ecosystem Function Assessments to Marine Ecosystems: A Reply to Meyer

Affiliations

¹ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA. Electronic address: jslefche@vims.edu.
² Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
³ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA; University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
⁴ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA.
⁵ Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.

Comment

Jonathan S Lefcheck et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;31(4):251-253.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.002. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

¹ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA. Electronic address: jslefche@vims.edu.
² Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
³ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA; University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
⁴ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA.
⁵ Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.

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Keywords: biodiversity; coastal; ecosystem processes; ecosystem services; estuarine.

Comment on

Towards a standardized Rapid Ecosystem Function Assessment (REFA).
Meyer ST, Koch C, Weisser WW. Meyer ST, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2015 Jul;30(7):390-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.006. Epub 2015 May 18. Trends Ecol Evol. 2015. PMID: 25997592 Review.