MARINE/ESTUARINE - Todal wetland, mudflats, shorelines, reefs, seagrass beds.
RIVERINE- Streams, rivers ( assoc flood plainsand riparian buffer).
LACUSTRINE. Lakes, ponds ( assoc shorelines and riparian buffer).
PALUSTRINE. Non Tidal wetlands, seeps, springs, vernal ponds, season wetland.
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RESTORE the geographic extent of the aquatic ecosystem within the sites project boundary of a minimum of:
30% of the geographic extend 4 points.
60 % of thea geographic extend 5 points.
90% of the geographic extend 6 points
RESTORATION PLAN BASED ON THE 9 ATTRIBUTES OF RESTORED ECOSYSTEMS: from the Ecological Restorations International Primer on Ecological Restoration.
- species appropite community structure 2. indigenuous species. 3. functional groups are represented. 4. Reproducing populations . 5. Functions normally. 6. Suitable integrated into a larger ecological matrix or landscape 7. Threats to the health integrity 8. Sufficiently resilent . 9. Self-sustaining