
Luckily, there was a way to include both indicators separately and stay under the 3 indicator per ecosystem rule. Here’s the group’s recommendation:
1) Remove impervious surface as an estuarine indicator on the condition that the revised flow alteration metric in waterscapes adequately capture alteration of flows going into the estuary. That’s the primary reason for the impervious metric in estuaries
2) Include both open water – veg edge and patch size as separate indicators.
These changes are now open for comment until September 15th. You can either comment at the bottom of this post or email me directly (rua@southatlanticlcc.org)