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2020 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Atlantic Jurisdictions
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2020
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Alternative Title:Indicator calculations and scoring for coral reef status reports of the Atlantic jurisdictions: Flower Garden Banks, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida’s Coral Reef
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Description:A coral reef status report addresses the need to summarize and communicate coral reef monitoring and assessment in U.S. jurisdictions to decision-makers, policy-makers, and the public. These assessments provide the status of U.S. coral reef areas in order to track change over time and evaluate ecosystem condition. This methods document explains the scoring process for the Flower Garden Banks, Florida’s Coral Reef, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands coral reef status reports. The criteria which experts used to choose indicators were: 1) data availability, 2) sufficient understanding of reference conditions, and 3) importance to overall ecosystem health. These indicators and scoring process were refined over months of discussion between different groups, jurisdictions, and NOAA headquarters. This methods document should be used to understand the detailed process by which each indicator was assessed and scored.
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CoRIS Project ID:CRCP Project ID ; 743
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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