Predicting Impacts of Oil Spills: Can Ecological Science Cope? A Case Study concerning Birds in Environmental Impact Assessments | Zendy

David N. Nettleship | Zendy; Anders Mosbech | Zendy

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Predicting Impacts of Oil Spills: Can Ecological Science Cope? A Case Study concerning Birds in Environmental Impact Assessments

Author(s) -

David N. Nettleship,

Anders Mosbech

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

waterbirds

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.298

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1938-5390

pISSN - 1524-4695

DOI - 10.2307/1522259

Subject(s) - oil spill , seabird , environmental impact assessment , environmental science , deepwater horizon , beaufort sea , environmental resource management , fishery , ecology , environmental planning , environmental protection , arctic , biology , predation

It is analysed, how the potential impact of large oil spills on seabird populations are dealt with in the strategic environmental impact assessments (EIA) of oil exploration in the Barents Sea (1988) and the Beaufort Sea (1996). Current knowledge on the effect of large oil spills on bird populations is reviewed as background information for the analysis. The analysis of the two EIA cases focus on what ecological science can deliver to the EIA process and how the EIAs can manage with what they get. The use of oil spill scenarios and impact indices in the EIA-reports is discussed.

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