Browsing by Subject "vulnerability"
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Coastal Vulnerability for Ship-Source Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Planning in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)Ship-source oil spills are amongst the major sources of oil affecting coastal areas. An end-to-end marine oil spill analysis may provide a model to better allocate response resources or prepare contingency plans for highly ... -
Examining community adaptation readiness to climate change in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)The current rate of anthropogenic driven climate change is unprecedented and threatening the social, cultural and ecological characteristics of many Arctic communities. The Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuit ... -
PALEOLIMNOLOGY AS A QUANTITATIVE INDICATOR OF ECOSYSTEM VULNERABILITY
(2021-08-20)External stressors to freshwater systems present challenges for management. Stress can exacerbate ecosystem vulnerability, which is a result of numerous components, making quantifying vulnerability logistically difficult. ... -
SOCIOECONOMIC RISK FROM OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON ATLANTIC CANADIAN FISHERIES
(2017-12-15)Ocean acidification (OA) is an emerging consequence of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. The full extent of the biological impacts are currently not well understood. However, it is expected that invertebrate species ...