Workshop on the World Ocean Assessment

SCS-P3 Ecological Processes - supporting biodiversity

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

Trend in Condition (Improving, Stable, Declining)

Parameter/ Metric

Type

Best 10% places

Worst 10% places

Best 10% places

Worst 10% places

Confid- ence (high, med, low)

Confid- ence (high , med, low)

Most places

Most places

8

6

1

H

S

D

D

H

Connectivity Spatial/physical disjunctions

7

4.5

1

H

D

D

D

H

Biological migration, flyways

8

4.5

1

M

D

D

D

H

Recruitment, settlement

6

5

1

M

D

D

D

H

Genome structures, genetic adaptation

8

5

1

H

D

D

D

H

Nesting, roosting,

spawning and nursery sites

8

4.5

1

H

D

D

D

H

Feeding grounds

7.5

4.5

1

H

D

D

D

H

Trophic structures and relationships Water column, pelagic productivity Benthic productivity- inshore Benthic productivity- offshore Reef building Symbiosis: fish, corals,

Productivity

9

5.5

1

H

S

D

S

H

6

4

0.5

H

S

D

D

H

8

7

4

L

S

S

D

L

7

4

0.5

M

D

D

D

M

molluscs Predation Herbivory

6 6

3 4

0.5

H M

D

D D

D D

1

I

M

Filter feeding Microbial processes

Additional key processes

Epiphytism

Succession Turnover Source-Sink relationships