Application of remote sensing data for a wetland ecosystem services assessment in the area of Negovan village

摘要

Nowadays, the ecosystem service framework can be accepted for designing and completion of different management strategies to preserve and restore ecosystems. The present study will contribute to increase the stakeholders' interest to wetlands condition and possibilities for better management aiming at improving the ecosystems services they provide. For the research of the wetland in the area of quarry lakes in Negovan village interim ecological monitoring (IEM) using remote sensing data after restoration measures have been implemented. The aim of IEM is to obtain results for the wetland actual condition and restoration process efficiency for ecosystems services assessment. Based on the generated data an interim ecological monitoring methodology (MIEM) implying different remote sensing data (different temporal intervals, spectral and spatial resolution) has been designed. The model functions entirely within Geographical Information System (GIS). It generates data for the actual environmental condition of the wetland in different temporal intervals. The obtained results for the wetland actual condition have been used for defining the values of Disturbance Index (DI), which in turn is defined based on orthogonalization of multispectral satellite data from Sentinel 2-Multi Spectral Instrument (MSI) and Landsat for different temporal intervals. DI rates are determined through Wetness component and Greenness component. Ecosystem services are assigned based on the correlation between vegetation and water surface area that is connected to water balance/budget. The space distribution of vegetation is specified on the base of Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Differential Greenness Index (NDGI) for different temporal intervals of the research. This paper presents results for evaluation the potential for delivery of ecosystem services taking into consideration the environmental and ecological processes behind the services that have been assessed at a