Table 3.

Preliminary integration of thematic accounts of the Rhône river watershed based on intermediate indices of resource intensity of use and health (see Section 2.4)

Ecosystem account	Changes in intensity of use (%)	Health index (%)	Unit value
Water and rivers	0.5	0.01	0.95
Bio-carbon	4.5	nd	0.95
Ecosystem infrastructure	0.3	−0.04	nd
Mean	1.8	(−0.015)	(nd)

Note. When in brackets, figures are indicative or have not been calculated to avoid inconsistencies. Numbers indicate the average rate of change over 12 years. For the ecosystem infrastructure account, the intensity of use corresponds to the yearly change of TEIP, including fragmentation. The ecological health assembles chemical, biological and functional parameters. Ecological unit values are computed for each thematic account. They are derived by averaging intensity of use and ecosystem health indices (see Supplementary Material S5c for additional components of an ecosystem infrastructure).

Abbreviations: Nd, not determined; TEIP, total ecosystem infrastructure potential.