| Drivers |
| Category 1 (Degrade Water Quality) Nutrient Enrichment/Eutrophication Organic Carbon and Thermal Loading Biogeochemical Alteration Chemical Contaminants Sewage Inputs Pathogens Category 2 (Alter Habitat) Watershed Development/Coastal Infrastructure Watershed Impervious Cover Sediment/Particulate Inputs Dredging and Dredged-Material Disposal Shoreline Hardening Lagoon Construction Land Reclamation and Impoundments Coastal Subsidence Category 3 (Impact Biotic Communities) Human-altered Hydrological Regimes Overfishing Intensive Aquaculture and Agriculture Invasive/Introduced Species Floatables/Plastics/Debris Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Generation Category 4 (Link to Climate Change) Climate Change Drivers CO2, CH4, NO2, Chlorofluorocarbons, (Greenhouse Gases) Warming Temperatures Precipitation and Land Runoff Extreme Events Hurricanes and Other Major Storms Storm Surges Tornadoes Droughts |