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Annex 5: Worksheets Completed by the Experts

This is the summary format. A number of these worksheets have been edited for consistency with the workshop method- ology, without influencing the scoring/grading. The comments

columns have been removed from the matrices shown here, for presentation purposes.

SCS-P1 Habitat Quality for Species

Condition (0-10, quality relative to condition of reference point)

Trend in Condition (Improving, Stable, Declining)

Habitat/ Group

Parameter/ Metric

Confid- ence (high, med, low)

Confid- ence (high, med, low)

Best 10% places

Worst 10% places

Best 10% places

Worst 10% places

Most places

Most places

Benthic systems

6

3.5

0.5

H

S

D

S

H

estuaries and deltas

7 6

5 3

2 1

M

small gulfs and bays coastal lagoons beaches (sandy beaches)

H

I

?

S

M

8

6

3

M

D

D

D

M

8

6

6

M

S

S

S

L

Rocky coasts, including karst and non-coral reefs fringing coasts and islands (intertidal and subtidal) coral reefs occuring along coasts and islands (intertidal and subtidal) coral reefs not contiguous with shoreline including atolls 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)

7

4

0

H

D

D

S

H

7

5

0.5

H

D

D

D

H

4

4

0

M

S

S

S

H

5

5

0

M

D

D

S

H

9

8

7

L

Water column systems

7

4

1

H

D

D

S

H

8

5

2

M

D

D

S

M

8

7

7