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Appendix F Performance Measures Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? Lake Okeechobee Performance Measures ⢠Lake Okeechobee Stage A, E yes ⢠Lake Okeechobee Water Quality A TMDL ⢠Lake Okeechobee Diatom-Cyanobacteria Ratio A ⢠Lake Okeechobee Vegetation Mosaic A ⢠Lake Okeechobee Fish Population A ⢠Lake Okeechobee Macroinvertebrates A Northern Estuaries Performance Measures ⢠Northern Estuaries Salinity A ,E ⢠Northern Estuaries Water Quality A ⢠Northern Estuaries Oyster Habitat A yes ⢠Northern Estuaries Benthic Macroinvertebrates A yes ⢠Northern Estuaries Submerged Aquatic Vegetation A ⢠Northern Estuaries Fish Communities A Greater Everglades Wetlands Performance Measures ⢠Sheet flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape E yes (under review) ⢠Wet priarie (under review) E ⢠Number and Duration of Dry Events for Shark River E Slough ⢠Inundation Pattern in Greater Everglades Wetlands E yes ⢠Extreme High and Low Water Levels in Greater Everglades E Wetlands ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands TP Concentrations in Surface A, E planned yes Water ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands Basin-wide TP Loading and A, E planned Flow-weighted Mean Concentration in Inflows ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands Nutrient TN Concentrations A, E planned in Surface Water 303
304 Appendix F Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? ⢠TN Loads/Flow-weighted Mean Concentration in Inflows A, E planned to Greater Everglades Wetlands ⢠TP Concentrations in Soil A, E planned ⢠Greater Everglades Tracer of Storm-water Treatment Area A Bypass Flows ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands Sulfate Concentrations in A Surface Water ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands Conductivity in Surface Water A ⢠Greater Everglades Wetlands Coastal Salinity Gradients A ⢠Wetland Landscape Patterns - Freshwater and Estuarine A Vegetation Mosaics ⢠Wetland Landscape Patterns - Marl Prairie Cape Sable A Sparrow Habitat ⢠Wetland Landscape Patterns - Ridge and Slough A planned yes Community Sustainability ⢠Wetland Landscape Patterns - Tidal Creek Sustainability A ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - Periphyton A ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - Mangrove Forest A Production/Soil Accretion ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - Regional Populations of A yes Fishes, Crayfish, Grass Shrimp and Amphibians ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - Wading Bird Foraging A Patterns ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - Wading Bird Nesting A yes Patterns ⢠Roseate Spoonbill Nesting Patterns A ESA ⢠Wetland Trophic Relationships - American Alligator A yes Distribution, Size, Nesting, and Condition ⢠American Crocodile â Juvenile Growth and Survival A ESA yes Southern Estuaries Performance Measures ⢠Southern Estuaries Salinity A, E yes ⢠Water Level at Regionally Significant Gauge Stations in A, E Everglades National Park ⢠Southern Estuaries Submerged Aquatic Vegetation A yes ⢠Southern Estuaries Juvenile Pink Shrimp and Associated A yes Epifauna ⢠Southern Estuaries Fish Community A ⢠Southern Estuaries Water Quality A Water Supply and Flood Protection Performance Measures ⢠Frequency of Water Restrictions for Lake Okeechobee A, E Service Area ⢠Frequency of Water Restrictions for Lower East Coast A, E Service Area
Appendix F 305 Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? ⢠Potential for High Water Levels in South Miami-Dade A, E Agricultural Area ⢠Prevent Saltwater Intrusion of Biscayne Aquifer - Meet A, E Minimum Flows and Levels Criteria for Biscayne Aquifer ⢠Prevent Saltwater Intrusion of Biscayne Aquifer in South A, E Miami-Dade County ⢠Comparison of Stage Differences of Water Levels in South A, E Miami-Dade Agricultural Area Total System Performance Measures ⢠Snail Kite Foraging Conditions A ⢠White Tail Deer Breeding Potential A ⢠Mercury Bioaccumulation A SOURCE: RECOVER (2007b).