Electronic Supplementary Table S1
Lundmark C, Andersson K, Sandström A, Laikre L
Table S2 Summary statistics (means, 95% confidence intervals and range) of answers to survey questions by managers participating in either a lecture (total n=44) or a deliberative discussion (total n=32) on Baltic Sea genetic biodiversity. The scale in the questions runs from 1 to 7 (1 = not important; low priority, 7 = very important; very high priority; Electronic Supplementary Appendix S1).T1 and T2 refer to answers before and after the knowledge communication, respectively, and mean values are followed by the 95 % confidence interval (in italics), and the range (in parenthesis). For each question we first used t-tests to find out if there were differences between the two groups (lecture vs. deliberation) before the knowledge communication (T1), but none of these comparisons gave statistical significance indicating common levels of scorings between the two groups. Diff bef-aft indicate the difference in mean value scoring between T1 and T2 (within the deliberation and lecture group, respectively) and stars indicate degree of statistical significance: *p 0.10, **p 0.05, ***p 0.01, ****p<0.001. The rightmost column refers to the potential difference in change in scoring between the managers who participated in the deliberation versus those who participated in the lecture (results from t-tests for equal means indicated with stars if significant).Sample size for potential differences before and after are provided for each question (not all participants answered all questions).
Deliberation / Lecture / DifferenceT1 / T2 / Diff bef-aft / T1 / T2 / Diff bef-aft / Delib-Lect
1. To what extent do you think you have knowledge about genetic biodiversity? / 3.75
3.21-4.28
(2-7) / 4.66
4.18-5.14
(2-7) / +0.91****
+0.50-1.31
n=32 / 3.80
3.40-4.19
(1-7) / 4.61
4.30-4.92
(3-6) / +0.82****
+0.54-1.10
n=44 / 0.09
n=76
2. To what extent do you think you have knowledge about the importance of genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 3.72
3.26-4.18
(2-7) / 4.91
4.46-5.35
(2-7) / +1.19****
+0.73-1.64
n=32 / 3.50
3.10-3.90
(1-6) / 5.09
4.76-5.35
(3-7) / +1.59****
+1.24-1.94
n=44 / 0.40
n=76
3. To what extent do you think the genetic biodiversity is of importance for the Baltic Sea? / 5.91
5.52-6.29
(3-7) / 6.19
5.82-6.56
(4-7) / +0.28
+0.11-0.67
n=32 / 6.09
5.77-6.41
(4-7) / 6.41
6.13-6.69
(4-7) / +0.32*
+0.01-0.64
n=43 / 0.04
n=75
4. To what extent do you think the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea is threatened? / 5.15
4.77-5.55
(3-7) / 5.56
5.21-5.92
(4-7) / +0.41**
+0.07-0.75
n=32 / 5.44
5.08-5.80
(2-7) / 6.02
5.73-6.31
(4-7) / +0.58****
+0.30-0.86
n=43 / 0.17
n=75
6. In comparison with other issues, how should the conservation of genetic biodiversity in the Baltic Sea be prioritized? / 4.88
4.47-5.28
(3-7) / 5.19
4.79-5.58
(3-7) / +0.31*
+0.02-0.65
n=32 / 4.63
4.33-4.93
(2-7) / 5.47
5.19-5.74
(3-7) / +0.84****
+0.57-1.11
n=43 / 0.52**
n=75
7a. To what extent should the state/authorities have responsibility for protecting the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 6.57
6.25-6.89
(3-7) / 6.63
6.40-6.86
(5-7) / +0.07
-0.1-+0.23
n=30 / 6.36
6.09-6.62
(4-7) / 6.67
6.46-6.87
(4-7) / +0.31***
+0.12-0.50
n=42 / 0.24*
n=72
7b. To what extent should the regional level (the CAB) have responsibility to protect the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 5.80
5.42-6.18
(4-7) / 5.73
5.38-6.09
(4-7) / -0.07
-0.57-+0.39
n=30 / 5.62
5.31-5.93
(3-7) / 5.98
5.71-6.24
(4-7) / +0.36***
+0.10-0.61
n=42 / 0.42**
n=72
7c. To what extent should municipalities have responsibility to protect the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 4.70
4.24-5.15
(2-7) / 4.67
4.20-5.13
(2-7) / -0.03
-0.32-+0.25
n=30 / 5.02
4.67-5.38
(2-7) / 5.23
4.89-5.58
(2-7) / +0.21
-0.12-+0.55
n=42 / 0.24
n=72
7d. To what extent should market actors have responsibility to protect the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 4.74
4.21-5.27
(2-7) / 4.58
4.01-5.15
(1-7) / -0.16
-0.48-+0.15
n=31 / 4.78
4.29-5.27
(1-7) / 5.00
4.50-5.50
(1-7) / +0.22
-0.10-+0.54
n=41 / 0.38*
8a. How do you assess the effectiveness of regulation as a control instrument to protect the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 5.48
5.02-5.95
(2-7) / 5.96
5.58-6.35
(3-7) / +0.48***
+0.13-0.84
n= 31 / 5.41
4.99-5.84
(2-7) / 5.90
5.57-6.24
(3-7) / +0.49****
+0.25-0.72
n=41 / 0.01
n=72
8b. How do you assess the effectiveness of informationas a control instrument to protect the genetic biodiversity of the Baltic Sea? / 4.26
3.72-4.79
(2-7) / 4.84
4.13-5.37
(2-7) / +0.58****
+0.27-0.89
n= 31 / 4.37
3.89-4.84
(1-7) / 5.24
4.83-5.65
(2-7) / +0.88****
+0.60-1.15
n=41 / 0.30
n=72
9. Are protected areas an effective managementtool tomaintain thegenetic biodiversityof the Baltic Sea? / 4.77
4.36-5,18
(3-7) / 5.00
4.60-5.40
(3-7) / +0.23
-0.14-0.60
n= 31 / 4.57
4.14-5.00
(2-7) / 5.25
4.85-5.65
(2-7) / +0.68****
+0.34-1.03
n=44 / 0.46*
n=75