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Measure for Measure
Ecosystem Indicators for the
San Francisco Bay
Grant DavisExecutive Director
NBWA
Water and RegionalismConference
Napa, CAApril 7, 2006
The Bay InstituteEcological Scorecard Project
San Francisco Bay Index2005
Stewardship(water use, pollution reduction, monitoring)
MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENT
FISH and WILDLIFE
PEOPLE
HabitatFlow
Water Quality
Food Web
FishShellfish
Fishable-Swimmable-
Drinkable
Indicator: Fish abundance
0
30
60
90
120
150
Ab
un
dan
ce
0
15
30
45
60Suisun Bay
Central Bay1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
10
20
30
Open water fishesBottom fishes85%76%
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
50
100
150
200
Open water fishesBottom fishes35%196%A
bu
nd
ance
0
30
60
90
120
150
Ab
un
dan
ce
0
15
30
45
60Suisun Bay
Central Bay1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
10
20
30
Open water fishesBottom fishes85%76%
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
50
100
150
200
Open water fishesBottom fishes35%196%A
bu
nd
ance
0102030405060
Ab
un
da
nc
e
0
30
60
90
120
San Pablo Bay
South Bay1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
30
60
90
120
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
20
40
60
80
Open water fishesBottom fishes 49%29%
69%59%
Open water fishesBottom fishes
Ab
un
da
nc
e
0102030405060
Ab
un
da
nc
e
0
30
60
90
120
San Pablo Bay
South Bay1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
30
60
90
120
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
20
40
60
80
Open water fishesBottom fishes 49%29%
69%59%
Open water fishesBottom fishes
Ab
un
da
nc
e
Grade: D
Grade: F
Grade: A
Grade: B
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005G
rad
e P
oin
t A
vera
ge
0
1
2
3
4
GradeABCDF
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
0
20
40
60
80
100
GradeABCDFScoreFish Index
(combines abundance, diversity, species composition indicators)
1. Data and Science
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Ch
loro
ph
yll
a (u
g/l
iter
)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12Phytoplankton IndicatorUSGS data
Lessons Learned
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Sp
ring
X2
(km fro
m G
old
en G
ate)
50
60
70
80
90
CriticalDryBelow normalAbove normalWet
0
30
60
90
120
150
Ab
un
dan
ce
0
15
30
45
60
Central Bay
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
10
20
30
Open water fishes
Bottom fishes
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20050
50
100
150
200
Open water fishes
Bottom fishes
35%
196%Ab
un
dan
ce
2. Communicating Results
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned3. Connecting with People – Indicators & Actions
Building a Partnership for a Healthy Bay
