Table 4.

Loadings and percent contribution of ecosystem service metrics onto the first three PC axes in PCA. Loadings greater than |0.4| are in bold.

	Loadings			Percent contribution
Ecosystem Service Metric	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC1	PC2	PC3
PM₁₀ pollutant removal	0.97	−0.23	−0.09		8.49	3.15	1.49
Water yield	0.63	−0.54	−0.29		5.52	7.39	4.80
Retained rainwater	0.9	0.26	0.34		7.88	3.56	5.63
Denitrification	−0.57	−0.32	0.24		4.99	4.38	3.97
Nitrogen retention	0.6	−0.38	0.25		5.25	5.20	4.14
Phosphorus retention	0.61	−0.39	0.28		5.34	5.34	4.64
Sediment retention	−0.41	0.51	0.11		3.59	6.98	1.82
Nitrogen fixation	0.94	0.22	0.29		8.23	3.01	4.80
Soil carbon content	−0.11	−0.61	−0.56		0.96	8.34	9.27
Farmland quality	−0.67	−0.51	−0.04		5.87	6.98	0.66
Forest habitat	0.94	0.22	0.29		8.23	3.01	4.80
Threatened & endangered species	0.79	0.39	0.29		6.92	5.34	4.80
Rare, endemic, & charismatic species	0.88	−0.23	−0.11		7.71	3.15	1.82
Tree canopy in urban areas	0.56	−0.61	−0.28		4.90	8.34	4.64
Coastline designated beach	−0.16	−0.35	0.58		1.40	4.79	9.60
Coral reef habitat	−0.35	0.27	0.51		3.06	3.69	8.44
Mangrove habitat	−0.68	0.14	0.09		5.95	1.92	1.49
Value of finfish stock	−0.3	−0.6	0.69		2.63	8.21	11.42
Fishing, snorkeling opportunities	−0.35	−0.53	0.71		3.06	7.25	11.75
Proportion of variance explained	0.38	0.16	0.13