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. 2014 Jun 16;9(6):e98994. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098994

Table 2. Criteria to assess the Confidence Index (CI) of the status of a compartment (box).

CI Criteria
4 Field data available, recent and suitable with the recommended methods
3 Field data recent, partially completed with expert judgment
2 No quantitative field data but recent expert judgment
1 No quantitative field data, but ancient expert judgment
0 No quantitative field data and no suitable expert judgment