Cleaning priority index for aquatic birds vulnerable to oil spills in the St. Lawrence / by Sylvie Daigle and Marcel Darveau. Issued by the Quebec Region. : CW69-5/231E
We developed a cleaning priority index (CPI) for 129 species of aquatic birds present in the St. Lawrence River system and vulnerable to the effects of an oil spill. Six criteria were considered in drawing up the index: world population size, productivity, vulnerability, local numbers, economic value and survival during rehabilitation. Each species was assessed with respect to each criterion on a semi-quantitative ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 5 (with the highest score indicating the greatest importance), and the scores were totalled to give the species CPI.--Abstract
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| Department/Agency | Canadian Wildlife Service. |
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| Title | Cleaning priority index for aquatic birds vulnerable to oil spills in the St. Lawrence / by Sylvie Daigle and Marcel Darveau. Issued by the Quebec Region. |
| Series title | Technical report0831-6481231 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | "We developed a cleaning priority index (CPI) for 129 species of aquatic birds present in the St. Lawrence River system and vulnerable to the effects of an oil spill. Six criteria were considered in drawing up the index: world population size, productivity, vulnerability, local numbers, economic value and survival during rehabilitation. Each species was assessed with respect to each criterion on a semi-quantitative ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 5 (with the highest score indicating the greatest importance), and the scores were totalled to give the species CPI."--Abstract. Issued also in electronic format. Résumés en français |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Environment Canada. 1995. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | v, 29p. : references, tables ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-662-23491-X |
| ISSN | 0831-6481 |
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| Subject terms | Birds Oil spills |