wildlife response Articles
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Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative: Context and Prevailing Legacy
The Northern River Ecosystem Initiative (NREI), 1997–2004, has provided new scientific knowledge in response to specific recommendations from its predecessor, the Northern River Basins Study (NRBS), 1990–1996. The two initiatives together provide a remarkable body of science which is, and will continue to be, used by resource managers responsible for economic and environmental sustainability in ...
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The Importance of Local Knowledge When Preparing an Oil Spill Response Plan
What to Know About New OSRP Regulations What is an OSRP? Comprehensive Oil Spill Response Plans (OSRPs) have been required for many years for containers with a capacity of 42,000 gallons or more. The goal of these comprehensive OSRPs was to detail specific response requirements in the event of a spill and ensure the transporter had plans and training in place to respond. Since a typical train ...
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Using sparse dose‐response data for wildlife risk assessment
Hazard quotients based on a point‐estimate comparison of exposure to a Toxicity Reference Value (TRV) are commonly used to characterize risks for wildlife. Quotients may be appropriate for screening‐level assessments, but should be avoided in detailed assessments because they provide little insight regarding the likely magnitude of effects and associated uncertainty. To better characterize ...
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The spectral absorption coefficient at 254 nm as a real-time early warning proxy for detecting faecal pollution events at alpine karst water resources
Because spring water quality from alpine karst aquifers can change very rapidly during event situations, water abstraction management has to be performed in near real-time. Four summer events (2005–2008) at alpine karst springs were investigated in detail in order to evaluate the spectral absorption coefficient at 254 nm (SAC254) as a real-time early warning proxy for faecal pollution. For the ...
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BroadBand PRO: Power Plant case study
What do you do when 6,000 starlings precipitously invade your power plant? Run for cover! “Last fall,” relates Dave Sheetz, mechanic at PacifiCorp’s Dave Johnston Power Plant in Wyoming, “thousands of starlings began roosting all over our power generating units. Their droppings covered the units and dripped all the way down from top to bottom.” To make matters ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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