Table 3 Mean (standard deviation) cover percentage baselines among various respondent types.
From: Shifting baseline syndrome among coral reef scientists
For the Florida Keys, what should the baseline cover percentage for stony corals be (on average throughout the keys, bank reef, and buttress zone at a depth of 10 m)? | ||
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M (SD) | N | |
All | 33 (17) | 50 |
Respondents younger than 60 years old | 34 (17) | 27 |
Respondents age 60 and older | 33 (16) | 23 |
Government experts | 34 (18) | 22 |
Nongovernment experts (28) | 33 (16) | 28 |
Respondents with less than 20 years of experience | 30 (18) | 22 |
Respondents with more than 20 years of experience | 36 (16) | 28 |
Respondents with less than 1500 dives in the Florida Keys | 32 (17) | 28 |
Respondents with more than 1500 dives in the Florida Keys | 34 (14) | 21 |