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. 2013 May 8;8(5):e62111. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062111

Table 6. Summary of trial assessments for 17 ecosystems from freshwater (F), terrestrial (T), marine (M) and subterranean (S) environments.

Localthreat status IUCN status # criteria assessed # subcriteria assessed # subcriteria supporting overall status Spatial criteria assessed Functional criteria assessed Criteria determining overall status
1 Coastal sandstone upland swamps,Australia (F) EN EN-CR 4 9 2 + + A2,C2
2 Raised bogs, Germany CR CR 3 6 2 + + A3,C3
3 German tamarisk pioneer vegetation,Europe (F) EN EN 2 5 3 + A1,A3, B2a,b
4 Swamps, marshes and lakes in theMurray-Darling Basin, Australia (F) NE EN-CR 4 10 2 + + D1,D3
5 Aral Sea, Uzebekistan and Kazakhstan (F) CO 4 12 9 + + A1-3, C1-3, D1-3
6 Reedbeds, Europe (F) LC VU 4 8 3 + + A1,A3,D1
7 Gonakier forests of SenegalRiver floodplain (F) CR 3 6 2 + + A1,A3
8 Floodplain Ecosystem of river red gumand black box, south-easternAustralia (F) NE VU 4 12 3 + + A2,C1,C2
9 Coolibah - Black Box woodland,Australia (F/T) EN EN 3 7 1 + + C1
10 Semi-evergreen vine thicket, Australia (T) EN EN 2 2 2 + A3,B2a
11 Tepui shrubland, Venezuela (T) LC LC 3 8 8 + + A1-3,B1-3, D1-3
12 Granite gravel fields & sandplains,New Zealand (T) LC LC 4 11 11 + + A1-3,B1-3, C1-3,D1-3
13 Cape Sand Flats Fynbos, South Africa (T) CR CR 2 6 1 + B1a,b
14 Tapia Forest, Madagascar (T) NE EN 2 4 1 + A3
15 Great Lakes Alvar (T) VU-EN 3 5 1 + + A3
16 Giant kelp forests, Alaska (M) NE EN-CR 2 4 2 + + D1,D3
17 Caribbean coral reefs (M) NE EN-CR 2 5 2 + + D1,D3
18 Seagrass meadows, South Australia (M) NE EN-CR 3 6 2 + + A1,C1
19 Coorong lagoons, Australia (F/M) NE CR 5 9 4 + + B1a,b,C2, D1,E
20 Karst rising springs, South Australia (C/F) NE CR 3 7 3 + + B1b,C1,C2