Table 4.

The explained variance and factor loadings from the principal components analysis performed on the questions appearing in the top five priorities for scientists, policymakers, or resource users.

	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5	PC6	PC7	PC8	PC9	PC10
Proportion variance explained	0.20	0.15	0.13	0.12	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.06	0.03
Cumulative proportion	0.20	0.35	0.47	0.59	0.68	0.77	0.84	0.91	0.97	1.00
Ocean acidification	–0.48	0.07	–0.34	–0.05	0.10	–0.10	0.29	0.19	–0.63	0.32
Local ecological knowledge	0.45	–0.10	0.11	–0.12	0.14	–0.02	0.81	0.08	0.14	0.25
Bycatch effects	0.33	0.35	–0.38	–0.10	–0.31	0.13	–0.05	–0.63	–0.13	0.28
Monitoring cumulative effects	–0.33	–0.30	–0.16	–0.42	–0.20	–0.48	–0.03	–0.14	0.47	0.29
Coral-reef management strategies	–0.32	0.42	–0.18	0.20	–0.12	0.46	0.13	0.28	0.53	0.22
Sea-level rise and vulnerable coasts	–0.32	–0.04	0.61	0.12	0.27	0.19	–0.00	–0.48	–0.03	0.41
Aquaculture effects	0.24	0.44	–0.01	–0.25	0.58	–0.25	–0.36	0.22	0.07	0.31
Ocean literacy messages	0.22	–0.27	–0.13	0.73	–0.09	–0.27	–0.17	0.12	0.03	0.45
Risk assessment for governance	0.18	–0.49	–0.07	–0.35	–0.04	0.58	–0.29	0.25	–0.10	0.33
Restoration effectiveness	0.07	0.29	0.52	–0.15	–0.63	–0.17	–0.06	0.33	–0.19	0.21