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)?

 

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