IndicatorCritter group currently using this indicatorCertaintyLevel of indicator (or Classification?)Category of indicatorDirection of changeEcosystem applicabilityRobustness or variabilityManagement objective/directionStakeholder/Public acceptabilityReference(s)wiki page status
what is it?

Pick one or more of the following:

  • fisheries
  • seabirds/penguins
  • mammals
  • phytoplankton
  •  ....others??

Demonstrable (D) or Aspirational (A)

based on Observations, speculation, or association

Pick one of the following:

  • Individual (species)
  • Population
  • Community
  • Ecosystem
  • Biophysical

Pick one of the following:

  • size-based
  • species-based
  • trophodynamics
  • environmental

Pick one of the following:

  • decreasing
  • increasing
  • stable
  • unclear

or should it be deteriorating, improving, stable, unclear

 

where can this indicator be used? all over or just locally ie:

  • applicable to all ecosystems
  • only for specific systems (eg temperate, inshore, etc)
  • currently only for specific systems but may be used for wider ecosystem with more information??

what error level or variability is there?

robustness rating of low, medium or high for each indicator

Pick one of the following: 

  • Conservation and Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem Stability and Resistance to perturbations
  • Ecosystem Structure and Functioning
  • Resource Potential

Pick one of the following: 

  • Widely accepted
  • Good public awareness
  • Weak public awareness
  • No public awareness
  • Unknown
 

Pick one of the following:

  • in progress
  • draft complete
  • under review
  • complete/published
Total (or relative) biomassfisheries         
Biomass ratios           
Habitat-forming taxa           
Size-spectrafisheries         
Taxonomic diversity (richness)           
Total fisheries removals           
Maximum (or mean) length           
Size-at-maturity           
Trophic level           
Biophysical characteristics           
            
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