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| Indicator | Attribute | Purpose | If restricted to taxa, list which ones | Ecosystem applicability | Identified capability | Biological classification level | Response variable | Drivers | Robustness | wiki page status | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abundance | Community structure, Trophic structure, Habitat structure and condition | All species |
| Should be applicable for al ecosystems | Aspirational | Community, Ecosystem | Species-based | Anthropogenic | Medium to high |
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| Abundance biomass curve | Community structure | Polluted populations, Fisheries | Benthic communities | So far benthic communities in temperate, semi-enclosed coastal system | Demonstrable | Community | Species-based, Trophodynamics | Trophodynamics | Potentially high |
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| Biomass of species of interest | Community structure; Trophic structure, Population structure; Predator-prey balance | Fisheries | Should be suitable for all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem; Community; Population | Size-baaed, Trophodynamic, Environmental | Trophodynamic | Potentially high |
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Bioconstruction index | Community composition, Habitat structure and condition | Fisheries |
| Developed for coral reefs | Aspirational | Community | Trophodynamic, Species-based | Anthropogenic, Environmental | Low |
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| Bottom roughness - Acoustic signal strength | Habitat structure and condition | Fisheries, Benthic habitats | Benthic | Applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Community | Environmental | Anthropogenic, Environmental | Medium to high |
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CCAMLR predator-prey-environmental index | Community structure and function, Trophic structure, Habitat structure and condition | CEMP |
| Potentially applicable for any marine ecosystem | Aspirational | Community. Ecosystem | Environment, Trophodynamic, Species-based | Trophodynamic | Potentially high |
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Chlorophyll a | Tropic structure, Community structure, Eutrophication | Phytoplankton; Fisheries |
| Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem, Community | Species-based, Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | Medium |
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Composite multi-metric index (eg Index of biotic integrity (IBI), Estuarine Biotic Integrity index (EBI) | Community structure and function, Ecosystem structure and function |
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| Potentially applicable to any marine system | Aspirational | Community, Ecosystem | Species-based, Trophodynamic, Environmental | Environmental | Potentially high |
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| Discard rate | Discard availability or depletion, Community structure, Trophic structure, Population structure | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Population, Community, Ecosystem | Species-based, Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | Low to medium |
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| Diversity and taxonomic relatedness of species | Community structure; heterogeneity | Fisheries | Should be suitable for all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem; Community | Species-based | Trophodynamic, Anthropogenic | Low to medium |
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Dominance of detritus | Ecosystem structure and function, Community structure, Eutrophication | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem | Environmental, Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | Medium to low |
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| Fishery is balanced (FIB Index) | Trophic shifts | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem, Community | Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic, Trophodynamic | Medium |
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| K dominance curves | Community structure | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all ecosystem types | Aspirational | Ecosystem | Species-based | Anthropogenic | Potentially high |
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Leverage points | Habitat structure and condition, Community structure and function, Trophic structure, Ecosystem structure and function | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable in any system | Aspirational | Community, Ecosystem | Environmental | Anthropogenic, Environmental | High |
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| Mean trophic level | Trophic shifts, Trophic structure | Fisheries | Applicable to all systems | Aspirational | Ecosystem | Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | Medium to high |
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| Mortality and potential jeopardy | Community structure, Population structure | Fisheries | Potentially applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable, Aspirational (depends on the method) | Community, Population | Species-based; Size-based | Anthropogenic | Medium to potentially high |
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Multiple matrix (cover, diameter, density, vertical relief) | Habitat structure and condition | Fisheries |
| Applicable to all ecosystems | Aspirational | Community | Environmental, Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | High |
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| Ordination methods | Community structure; heterogeneity | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem; community | Species-based | Anthropogenic, Environmental | Low to medium |
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Primary production required | Ecosystem structure and function, Community structure, Trophic structure | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable to all ecosystems |
| Ecosystem | Trophodynamics | Anthropogenic | High |
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Production/Biomass | Ecosystem structure and function | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem | Trophodynamic, Environmental | Trophodynamic | Medium |
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| Rates of anatomical damage | Habitat structure and condition | Fisheries | Benthic communities | Benthic northern hemisphere boreal, temperate shelf and slope systems. | Demonstrable | Community | Trophodynamics, Environmental | Anthropogenic | Low to high |
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| Rate of catch of species at risk, Potential Biological Removal (PBR) rates | Efficacy of bycatch reduction mitigation measures, Discard availability or depletion, Community structure, Trophic structure, Population structure | Fisheries, Marine mammals, Seabirds, Marine turtles, Sea snakes | Should be applicable to all marine ecosystems | Aspirational | Population, Community, Ecosystem | Species-based | Trophodynamic, Anthropogenic | Low |
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| Ratios of trophic or habitat group - eg, biomass ratios of infauna/epifauna or pelagic/demersal or piscivore/planktivore | Trophic structure | Fisheries | Mostly temperate shelf to coastal inshore | Demonstrable | Ecosystem | Species-based, Trophodynamics | Anthropogenic, Trophodynamics | Potentially medium to high |
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Redfield ratio | Trophic structure, Eutrophication |
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| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem | Environmental | Environmental, Anthropogenic | Low to medium |
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Relative ascendency | Ecosystem structure and function | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem | Environmental, Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic | Medium to high |
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| Reproductive performance (eg. fledging rates, number of breeding pairs, number of chicks per nest, provisioning rates) | Prey and discard availability or depletion | Seabirds, Fisheries | Applicable to all ecosystem with large predators | Demonstrable | Population, Ecosystem | Species-based; Trophodynamic | Trophodynamic, Anthropogenic | Potentially medium to high |
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Residence time | Ecosystem structure and function | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem | Environmental | Environmental | Medium to low |
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| Size or age structure | Population structure, Trophic structure | Fisheries | Should be appropriate to all habitats and ecosystems | Demonstrable | Population, Ecosystem | Size-based | Anthropogenic | Medium to high |
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| Size-spectra slopes and intercepts | Community structure, Tropic shifts, Predator-prey balance | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all systems | Demonstrable | Community, Ecosystem | Size-based; Trophodynamics | Anthropogenic, Trophodynamics | High potential |
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System Omnivory Index | Ecosystem structure and function, Community structure, Trophic structure | Fisheries |
| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem | Trophodynamic | Anthropogenic, Trophodynamic | Medium to high |
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| Temporal variability of total biomass | Tropic shifts; Community structure | Fisheries | Should be applicable to all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Community; Ecosystem | Species-based; Trophodynamics | Trophodynamics | Potentially medium to high |
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Throughput | Ecosystem structure and function | Ecosystem size |
| Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Demonstrable | Ecosystem | Species-based, Environmental | Environmental | Medium to low |
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| Trait composition | Tropic shifts, Community structure, Population structure | Fisheries | Should be applicable in all ecosystems | Aspirational | Ecosystem, Community, Population | Species-based, Size-based | Anthropogenic | Medium |
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| catch ratios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| plankton indicators derived from the CPR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| traditional measures of species diversity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ratio of endangered to non-endangered species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENSO and SIO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exploitation rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fishing in balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genetic diversity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fulton's condition index | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of the large species is assemblage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| average length of fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mean length-at-age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mean body size of community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mean body size of population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mean length at maturity of fish assemblage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mean maximum length of population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NAO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary production required to support catches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Productivity and consumption ratios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| species distribution/relative abundance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stock density indices | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| slope and intercept of size diversity spectra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size distribution of species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| slope and height of the fish assemblage size spectrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ratio of target to non-target species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| system mean transfer efficiency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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