Fig. 2.

Diagram of the pathways from species functions to ecosystem processes and services in coastal lagoons. The most relevant functions assumed for the biological groups described in this study are responsible for a number of processes which in turn are crucial for the provisioning and regulating (A), supporting (B) and cultural (C) services. The numbers from 1 to 8 represent each of the biological groups (1: microbes; 2: zooplankton; 3: polychaetas; 4: mollusks; 5: macro-crustaceans; 6: fishes; 7: birds; 8: aquatic mammals). Dashed arrows represent the proposed links connecting the pathways