Attribute | Representativeness of scientific use (Among the sources consulted) |
1) Sensitive | 68% |
2) Calculation or simple and economic analysis | 68% |
3) Reflects effects on a large scale | 52.2% |
4) Sufficient ecological and biological information about the bioindicator (Natural History) | 36.3% |
5) Biologically relevant | 34% |
6) Sufficient permanent abundance | 34% |
7) Known taxonomic identity | 32% |
8) Is presented permanently, allowing monitoring over time | 32% |
9) Rate of response to changes in the environment (Anticipatory) | 29.5% |
10) Reflects particular tensions, differentiating natural tendencies and anthropogenic stress | 29.5% |
11) Presents low variability | 27.2% |
12) Quantifiable or Measurable | 25% |
13) Socially relevant | 25% |
14) Reflect utility functions | 25% |
15) Provides differentiating information | 22.7% |
16) Narrow Range of adaptation, Singular species | 20.4% |
17) Biologically integrative | 13.6% |