The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Coasts and Oceans
indicator Name: Condition of Bottom-Dwelling Animals: Benthic Community Condition--"degraded"
page # in printed report: 79
location on page: bottom
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
  1990-1997 1999-2000 future
North Atlantic #N/A 24  
Mid-Atlantic 23 25  
South Atlantic 17 13  
Gulf of Mexico 23 19  
Pacific Coast #N/A 13  
Puerto Rico #N/A 36