Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

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. "3. Additional Components of Monitoring." Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.

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is expected to improve, (2) reflect the overall health of all or a portion of the regional system, and (3) be an element of the regional system that is both highly important and relevant to the public and to decision-makers.”

Annual report cards for each measure are planned. Statements at the monitoring and assessment workshop indicated that each report card will provide several types of information. That information is likely to include the final and interim targets for the performance measure, the rationale for selecting the measure, the historical and current condition of the measure, and a grade for the measure. While there may be value in adding additional report card measures to this set that reflect public interest, the importance of maintaining long-term data sets cannot be stressed enough.

TABLE 3-1 Report Card Performance Measures

Performance Measure	Measurement	Grade	Potential non-Restoration Plan related impacts
Lake Okeechobee Phosphorus Levels	Phosphorus concentrations in open water	Red	Release from sediment storage, shoreline development, precipitation patterns, altered lawn chemical application
St. Lucie Oyster Beds	areal extent and health of beds	Red	Disease, predators, harvesting, pollutants, sea-level rise
St. Lucie Phosphorus Levels	Phosphorus loading to the estuary	Red	Release from sediment storage, shoreline development, precipitation patterns, altered lawn chemical application
Lake Okeechobee and East Coast Water Restrictions	years with water-use restrictions	Yellow	Precipitation patterns, development, altered industry types, population increase
Florida Bay Roseate Spoonbills	number of nesting pairs	Yellow	Habitat conditions elsewhere, temperature extremes, precipitation patterns, contaminants (e.g., Hg), fire, hurricanes
Gulf Coast Roseate Spoonbills	number of nesting pairs	Red	Habitat conditions elsewhere, temperature extremes, precipitation patterns, contaminants (e.g., Hg), fire, hurricanes
Tree Islands	number, extent and health	Red	Precipitation patterns, fire, invasive species
Total System Wood Storks	number of nesting pairs	Red	Habitat conditions elsewhere, temperature extremes, precipitation patterns, contaminants (e.g., Hg), fire, hurricanes
Florida Bay Seagrass Beds	Community composition and health	Yellow	Hurricanes, altered herbivory (e.g., increases in manatee or sea turtle populations), development, disease, altered boating patterns, invasive species
Water Lost to Tide	acre feet not captured by the CERP	Red	Precipitation patterns, hurricanes
Tortugas Pink Shrimp	Pounds per vessel per day	Yellow	Precipitation patterns, hurricanes
Note: The grade “red” indicates a seriously degraded condition, “yellow” indicates some degradation or cause for concern, and “green” represents an ecosystem component that is in the target condition or a condition otherwise judged desirable. Source: Ogden and McLean, 1999.