COMTESS
Sustainable coastal land management: Trade-offs in ecosystem services
| Research question | What are the trade-offs in ecosystem services in multifunctional coastal landscapes? |
Drivers | Sea level rise, higher storm surge frequency, freshwater floods, summer droughts |
| Indicators | Groundwater level and salinity, soil nutrients, plants and birds with their functions, greenhouse gases |
| Production systems | Agriculture (dairy farming and cereals), Tourism |
| Measures | 1) Farming as usual, 2) water storage, adapted land-use, 3) peat production |
| Region | North European Coastline |
| Study sites | 2 main sites (Germany North Sea, Germany Baltic Sea) and 2 additional sites (Netherlands, Denmark) |
| Area | 76 km² |
| Duration | January 2011 to December 2015 |
