Workshop on the World Ocean Assessment

Proforma Workshop Decision Matrices (Round 2)

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Part 1: Habitats – Quality for Species Reference Point = conditions in 1900

Habitat Systems

Parameter

Summary Rationale

Current Condition ( 0 to 10 compared to reference point )

Current Trend ( Improving, Stable, Declining )

Best 10%

Most places

Worst 10%

Confid- ence H, M, L

Best 10%

Most places

Worst 10%

Confid- ence H, M, L

Benthic Estuaries and deltas Small gulfs and bays Lagoons – open and barred Beaches Non-coral reefs fringing coasts and islands (intertidal and subtidal)

Coral reefs fringing coasts and islands (intertidal and subtidal) Sub tidal and intertidal coral and rocky reefs not contiguous with shoreline Seabed inner shelf (0-50m) Seabed outer shelf (50-200m) Seabed shelf break and upper slope Slope (700-1500m) Seabed abyss (>1500m) Water column shoreline (0-20m) Water column inner shelf (20-50m) Water column outer shelf (50-200m) Water column offshore (>200m)

Water column

Biological Mangroves

Seagrass beds Algal beds

Coral reefs (<30m) Deepwater corals and sponges (>30m) Bryozoan reefs Mudflats Structural Canyons and shelf- break Seamounts (>1000m Habitat Systems Parameter

Summary Rationale

Current Condition ( 0 to 10 compared to reference point )

Current Trend ( Improving, Stable, Declining )

Best 10%

Most places

Worst 10%

Confid- ence H, M, L

Best 10%

Most places

Worst 10%

Confid- ence H, M, L

rise from seafloor) Large gulfs, large bays Offshore banks, shoals, islands l i l Major river

deltas/wetlands Karst systems Special individual habitat features

Ha Long Bay WH Bight of Bangkok