Nineteen criteria used to evaluate marine species and food web indicators for Puget Sound.

Primary considerations provide scientifically useful, management-relevant information about the status of an indicator; data considerations relate to the actual measurement of an indicator, and are listed separately to highlight indicators for which data are currently unavailable; other considerations may be important to some user groups but are not necessarily essential for indicator performance, and are meant to incorporate non-scientific information into the indicator evaluation process.首要考量因素可为指标的当前状态提供兼具科学实用性与管理针对性的参考信息；数据相关考量因素聚焦于指标的实际测量环节，将其单独列出是为了标注当前暂无可用数据的指标；其他考量因素虽对部分用户群体具有重要意义，但并非指标性能评估的必要条件，其设置目的是将非科学类信息纳入指标评估流程。