1. [Applications of habitat equivalency analysis in ecological damage assessment of oil spill incident].
- Author
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Yang Y, Han DX, and Wang HY
- Subjects
- China, Costs and Cost Analysis, Ecology, Environmental Exposure adverse effects, Environmental Monitoring economics, Oceans and Seas, Petroleum Pollution economics, Risk Assessment economics, Risk Assessment methods, Water Pollution, Chemical economics, Water Pollution, Chemical prevention & control, Conservation of Natural Resources economics, Ecosystem, Environmental Monitoring methods, Petroleum Pollution adverse effects, Water Pollution, Chemical analysis
- 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.
- Published
- 2011