Ecosystem Health

Acidification of inland waters (Condition): Risk of acid sulfate soils (ASS)
Indicator Framework: State of the Environment Report Western Australia 2007
Acreage of pastures and right-of-ways managed for removal of exotic species
Indicator Framework: Minnesota Watermarks – gauging the flow of progress 2000 – 2010
Acres of preservation of existing natural habitats and restoration of degraded habitats
Indicator Framework: Minnesota Watermarks – gauging the flow of progress 2000 – 2010
Agriculture: Percentage of Country Area Burned
Indicator Framework: Environmental Performance Index
Altered water regime (Pressures): Number of km of artifical drainage
Indicator Framework: State of the Environment Report Western Australia 2007
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems condition: Multi-metric indices (e.g., biotic indices, Index of Biotic Integrity)
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems condition: Presence, absence, and condition of species that depend on environmental processes to reproduce (e.g., cottonwoods and floods)
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems condition: Presence, absence, and condition of species with limited dispersal
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems condition: Presence, absence, and condition of umbrella species
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems condition: Single-metric measures of community diversity (e.g., number of species or families)
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems pressure: Harvest rates (i.e., angling and hunting) of indicator species
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems pressure: Number of species tolerant to environmental stress present
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems pressure: Presence, absence, and distribution of non-native, invasive species that thrive in disturbed ecosystems
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems pressure: Single-metric measures of community evenness (i.e., an evenness index)
Indicator Framework: Indicators for environmental performance of watersheds in Alberta
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Access to freshwater, estuarine habitat (miles of habitat accesible or limited, further analyzed by habitat quality)
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Anadromous fish (abundance, distribution, and life histories)
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Cold-water index of biotic integrity
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Condition of physical aquatic, estuarine habitat
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Riparian and wetland vegetation (area, distribution, and types)
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic and riparian ecosystems: Riparian function based on vegetation and site capability, and wetland function based on HGM typing
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Aquatic macroinvertebrates: Average SIGNAL score
Indicator Framework: Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (Freshwater)
Aquatic macroinvertebrates: Number of macroinvertebrate taxa
Indicator Framework: Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (Freshwater)
Aquatic macroinvertebrates: PET (Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Trichoptera) richness (number of stonefly, mayfly and caddisfly families)
Indicator Framework: Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (Freshwater)
Average percent of “embeddedness” of coarse substrates
Indicator Framework: Minnesota Watermarks – gauging the flow of progress 2000 – 2010
Biodiversity among birds
Indicator Framework: Adaptive indicator framework for monitoring regional sustainable development (INSURE)
Biodiversity and habitat: Effective Conservation by Biome
Indicator Framework: Environmental Performance Index
Biodiversity and habitat: Percent of Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites Protected
Indicator Framework: Environmental Performance Index
Biodiversity and habitat: Ratio of Protected to Converted Lands
Indicator Framework: Environmental Performance Index
Biodiversity: Abundance of invasive alien species
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: Abundance of selected key species
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: Amount of native forests in different sized fragments
Indicator Framework: Waikato Environmental Indicators and Report Card
Biodiversity: Area of selected key ecosystems
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: Change in threat status of species
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: Fragmentation of habitats
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: Number and % change of species in threatened categories
Indicator Framework: Catchment Condition Report 2007
Biodiversity: Number of at risk species (aquatic, estuarine, and terrestrial; plant and animal)
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Biodiversity: Number of forest fragments in each size class
Indicator Framework: Waikato Environmental Indicators and Report Card
Biodiversity: Number of native plant and animal species and distribution over time (departure from potential)
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Biodiversity: Percent of non-native invasive species
Indicator Framework: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershed
Biodiversity: Percent of the region covered in native forest, scrub and tussock in the past and today
Indicator Framework: Waikato Environmental Indicators and Report Card
Biodiversity: Proportion of terrestrial area protected, total and by ecological region
Indicator Framework: UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Indicators of Sustainable Development
Biodiversity: State wide condition and trends in selected species
Indicator Framework: Catchment Condition Report 2007
Biological Condition: Amphibians and Reptiles
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Anadromous Fish Habitat
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Benthic Habitat
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Benthos/Macroinvertebrates
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Birds and Mammals
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Chlorophyll and Net Primary Production
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds
Biological Condition: Fish and Invertebrates
Indicator Framework: Ecological Indicators For Narragansett Bay And Its Watersheds

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