Indicators
Indicator
Definition
1 - Map of baylands habitat types and elements.
Map of baylands habitat types and elements (vegetated tidal marsh, tidal flats, diked marsh types, levees, channels, pannes, etc); impact areas and projects.
2 - Map of tidal wetland elevations and elevation capital.
Map of tidal wetland elevations and elevation capital.
3 - Map of estuarine-terrestrial transition zones.
Map of estuarine-terrestrial transition zones.
4 - Map of complete marshes.
Map of "complete marshes" as defined by BEHGU and fluvial/upland/riparian connectivity.
5 - Map of tidal wetland special-status species habitats.
Map of tidal wetland special-status species habitats.
6 - Map of changes in the lateral extents of tidal marsh foreshores and backshores.
Map of changes in the lateral extents of natural foreshores and backshores of tidal marsh.
7 - Percent cover, height, and patch characteristics of dominant vegetation groups.
Percent cover, height, and patch characteristics of major dominant vegetation groups within sub-basins.
8 - Changes in percent cover, height, and patch characteristics of dominant vegetation.
Direction and magnitude of changes in percent cover, height, and patch characteristics of major dominant vegetation groups within sub-basins.
9 - Changes in drainage network length, channel density/width, and panne numbers/sizes.
Changes in drainage network length, channel density, channel width, numbers and sizes of pannes, size of un-vegetated areas of tidal marsh plains.
10 - Distribution and abundance of selected non-native, invasive plant species.
Distribution and abundance of selected non-native, invasive plant species.
11 - CRAM site scores and regional Cumulative Distribution Functions.
California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) site scores and regional Cumulative Distribution Functions (CDFs).
12 - Vertical change and accretion rates in marsh plain and tidal flats.
Spatial and temporal trends in marsh plain and tidal flat vertical change and accretion rates.
13 - Spatial/temporal trends of tidal channel suspended sediment concentrations (SSC).
Spatial and temporal trends of suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in tidal marsh channels in relation to watershed yields of suspended sediment (SS) and SSC in estuarine shallows and bays.
14 - Spatial/temporal trends in frequency, duration, depth of marsh plain inundation.
Spatial and temporal trends in the frequency, duration, and depth of tidal inundation of marsh plains.
15 - Spatial/temporal trends in the rate of sea level rise.
Spatial and temporal trends in the rate of sea level rise.
16 - Spatial/temporal trends of tidal marsh channel and porewater salinity.
Spatial and temporal trends in aqueous salinity of tidal marsh channels and porewater salinity along gradsects.
17 - Mercury loading into tidal marsh food webs.
Mercury loading into tidal marsh food webs.
18 - Dissolved oxygen (DO) in tidal marsh channels.
Dissolved oxygen (DO) in tidal marsh channels.
19 - Distribution and abundance of tidal marsh birds.
Distribution and abundance of indicator species - tidal marsh birds.
20 - Distribution and abundance of tidal marsh small mammals.
Distribution and abundance of indicator species - tidal marsh small mammals.
21 - Distribution and abundance of tidal marsh fishes.
Distribution and abundance of indicator species - tidal marsh fishes.
22 - Distribution and abundance of potential mosquito breeding areas.
Distribution and abundance of potential mosquito breeding areas.
23 - Mosquito production.
Mosquito production.
24 - Map of shifts in major dominant vegetation groups within WRMP sites over time.
Map of shifts in major dominant vegetation groups within WRMP sites over time.