The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Coasts and Oceans
indicator Name: Condition of Bottom-Dwelling Animals: Benthic Community Condition--"moderate"
page # in printed report: 79
location on page: middle
data source: U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
notes:

*"Moderate" is not used in N. Atlantic or Mid-Atlantic, use of this category in the 2002 report was an error.

Please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems).


units:% of bottom area
  1990-1997 1999-2000 future
North Atlantic* #N/A #N/A  
Mid-Atlantic* #N/A #N/A  
South Atlantic 14 11  
Gulf of Mexico 28 27  
Pacific Coast #N/A 14  
Puerto Rico #N/A 28