Table 1.

Category values for each sector of the natural science (NS) data and the community perception data (CP), the meaning of the perceived or calculated change harmonized to a 5-point scale with both numerical value and arrows for visualization.

fisheries year-on-year median change (%)	mangrove annual rate of mangrove extent change (%)	coral annual rate of coral extent change (%)	seagrass annual rate of seagrass beds extent change (%)	community perception original 5-point/7-point Likert scale values	meaning	5 point scale	arrows for NS (red) and CP (blue)
>20	>0.5	>2	>5	2/3	strong improvement indicated	+2
>10 to 20	>0.1 to 0.5	>1 to 2	>1 to 5	1 / 1, 2	improvement indicated	+1
−10 to 10	−0.1 to 0.1	−1 to 1	−1 to 1	0	no or slight change indicated	0
<−10 to −20	<−0.1 to −0.5	<−1 to 2	<−1 to −5	−1 / −1, −2	decline indicated	−1
<−20	<−0.5	<2	<5	−2 / −3	strong decline indicated	−2