Skip to main content

Table 5 Eligibility criteria

From: What evidence exists on how changes in marine ecosystem structure and functioning affect ecosystem services delivery? A systematic map protocol

Criteria

Screening Steps

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population

Title

Titles on any marine biodiversity, marine species, habitats and ecosystems

OUT: any title referring to ecosystem services provided by terrestrial and/or fresh water ecosystems

Outcomes

Title

Titles on any marine ecosystem service (as well as related terms of ES like “nature contributions to people” and all the relevant terms in the search string) no matter the types of values

OUT: titles that address commercial species criteria with indicators other than the stock or the population size of the species

Titles on ecosystem service of food supply in terms of indicators of stock or population size of commercial species

Exposure

Abstract

Abstracts have to present a change (spatial or temporal change) in marine biodiversity, marine species, habitats and ecosystems or in ecosystem services

OUT: abstracts presenting an assessment—a one-time state—of the population or of the outcomes

Comparator

Abstract

Abstracts presenting temporal and spatial differences

OUT: abstracts only assessing ES

Temporal period

Abstract

Abstract analysing data covering period at least part of the Twentieth century and/or the twenty-first century

OUT: abstracts analysing data covering period ended before 1900 (e.g., Palaeoecology analysis)

Outcomes

Full-text

Full-texts have to contain qualitative or quantitative values of marine ecosystem services and disservices

OUT: full-texts without qualitative or quantitative values of marine ecosystem services and disservices