The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Coasts and Oceans
indicator Name: Condition of Bottom-Dwelling Animals: Benthic Community Condition--"undegraded"
page # in printed report: 79
location on page: upper
data source: U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
notes: 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
  2000   future
North Atlantic   76  
Mid-Atlantic 77 75  
South Atlantic 69 76  
Gulf of Mexico 49 53  
Pacific Coast #N/A 73  
Puerto Rico #N/A 36