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What Else Can Surface Water Buffer Systems Do? Exploring Multiple Ecosystem Services

Ashley Smyth, , Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, andYuncong Li

Release Date: 8/26/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss647-2015

Water Resources

Abstract

This fact sheet provides information on buffers' multiple ecosystem benefits, such as niche products production, carbon sequestration, and flood risk mitigation, as well as recommendations on future research needs necessary to enhance multiple ecosystem services and benefits of buffers.

About this Publication

This document is SL433, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences. Original publication date November 2015. Revised November 2018 and January 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Wu, L., Muñoz-Carpena, R. R., & Li, Y. (2016). What Else Can Surface Water Buffer Systems Do?—Exploring Multiple Ecosystem Services. EDIS, 2016(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss647-2015

Authors

Ashley Smyth
Ashley Smyth
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Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, biogeochemistry, Ph.D., Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

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Lei Wu
Lei Wu

assistant professor, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Specialist
University of Florida

distinguished professor, hydrology & water quality, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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