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- Title
Applications of habitat equivalency analysis in ecological damage assessment of oil spill incident.
- Authors
Yang Yin; Han Da-Xiong; Wang Hai-Yan
- Abstract
Habitat equivalency analysis (HEA) is one of the methods commonly used by U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in natural resources damage assessment, but rarely applied in China. Based on the theory of HEA and the assessment practices of domestic oil spill incidents, a modification on the HEA was made in this paper, and applied to calculate the habitat value in oil spill incidents. According to the data collected from an oil spill incident in China, the modified HEA was applied in a case study to scale the compensatory-restoration. By introducing the ecological service equivalent factor to transfer various habitats, it was achieved to value of the injured habitats in ecological damage assessment of oil spill incident.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL assessment; HABITATS; OIL spills; UNITED States. National Oceanic &; Atmospheric Administration; NATURAL resources; CASE studies
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 8, p2113
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article