TY - JOUR T1 - A triage approach to improve the relevance of marine ecosystem services assessments A1 - Pendleton,Linwood A1 - Mongruel,Remi A1 - Beaumont,Nicola A1 - Hooper,Tara A1 - Charles,Mahe AD - Univ Bretagne Occidentale, UMR AMURE, F-29238 Brest 3, France. AD - Nicholas Inst Environm Policy Solut, Durham, NC 27708 USA. AD - IFREMER, Ctr Bretagne, Marine Econ Unit, UMR AMURE, F-29280 Plouzane, France. AD - Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England. AD - Agence Aires Marines Protegees, French Marine Protected Area Agcy, F-29229 Brest 2, France. UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00273/38421/ DO - 10.3354/meps11111 KW - Ecosystem services KW - Assessment KW - Marine planning KW - Marine protection N2 - Ecosystem services assessments are increasingly being used to inform marine policy and planning. These assessments involve significant time, effort, and expertise. It is important at the outset to determine which of many ecosystem services should be quantified and which measures of ecological output, economic impact, or value should be assessed. Furthermore, the literature shows that in practice such assessments are unevenly applied and rarely used effectively in decision-making processes. We develop a structured decision-making approach, called a triage, to assess what types of ecosystem services should be assessed to improve the uptake and usefulness of such information in marine planning. Two case studies, in France and the United Kingdom, provide examples of the application of the triage approach. Y1 - 2015/06 PB - Inter-research JF - Marine Ecology Progress Series SN - 0171-8630 VL - 530 SP - 183 EP - 193 ID - 38421 ER -