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dc.contributor.authorWang, Jiaqi
dc.contributor.authorKoopman, K Remon
dc.contributor.authorCollas, Frank P L
dc.contributor.authorPosthuma, Leo
dc.contributor.authorde Nijs, Ton
dc.contributor.authorLeuven, Rob S E W
dc.contributor.authorHendriks, A Jan
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-10T13:43:50Z
dc.date.available2021-01-10T13:43:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-25
dc.identifier.pmid33383510
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144196
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10029/624623
dc.description.abstractAs filter-feeders, freshwater mussels provide the ecosystem service (ES) of biofiltration. Chemical pollution may impinge on the provisioning of mussels' filtration services. However, few attempts have been made to estimate the impacts of chemical mixtures on mussels' filtration capacities in the field, nor to assess the economic benefits of mussel-provided filtration services for humans. The aim of the study was to derive and to apply a methodology for quantifying the economic benefits of mussel filtration services in relation to chemical mixture exposure. To this end, we first applied the bootstrapping approach to quantify the filtration capacity of dreissenid mussels when exposed to metal mixtures in the Rhine and Meuse Rivers in the Netherlands. Subsequently, we applied the value transfer method to quantify the economic benefits of mussel filtration services to surface water-dependent drinking water companies. The average mixture filtration inhibition (filtration rate reduction due to exposure to metal mixtures) to dreissenids was estimated to be <1% in the Rhine and Meuse Rivers based on the measured metal concentrations from 1999 to 2017. On average, dreissenids on groynes were estimated to filter the highest percentage of river discharge in the Nederrijn-Lek River (9.1%) and the lowest in the Waal River (0.1%). We estimated that dreissenid filtration services would save 110-12,000 euros/million m3 for drinking water production when abstracting raw water at the end of respective rivers. Economic benefits increased over time due to metal emission reduction. This study presents a novel methodology for quantifying the economic benefits of mussel filtration services associated with chemical pollution, which is understandable to policymakers. The derived approach could potentially serve as a blueprint for developing methods in examining the economic value of other filter-feeders exposed to other chemicals and environmental stressors. We explicitly discuss the uncertainties for further development and application of the method.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectDreissena polymorphaen_US
dc.subjectDreissena rostriformis bugensisen_US
dc.subjectDrinking water treatmenten_US
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_US
dc.subjectFiltration capacityen_US
dc.subjectMetalen_US
dc.titleTowards an ecosystem service-based method to quantify the filtration services of mussels under chemical exposure.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1026
dc.identifier.journalSci Total Environ 2020; 763:144196en_US
dc.source.journaltitleThe Science of the total environment
dc.source.volume763
dc.source.beginpage144196
dc.source.endpage
dc.source.countryNetherlands


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