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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “cathrine stephansen”
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  • Assessing Environmental Risk of Oil Spills with ERA Acute

    A New Methodology

    by Cathrine Stephansen, Anders Bjørgesæter, Odd Willy Brude, Ute Brönner, Tonje Waterloo Rogstad, Grethe Kjeilen-Eilertsen, Jean-Marie Libre, Christian Collin-Hansen ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
    This open access book introduces readers to a new methodology for assessing the risks to the marine environment following accidental oil spills. The methodology will soon be implemented on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and will be complemented by guidelines for its use in a regulatory framework.The brief book is intended to provide international readers with a basic grasp of what the ERA Acute ... Read more

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  • Water Quality Indices

    by Tabassum Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi ...
    This book covers water quality indices (WQI) in depth – it describes what purpose they serve, how they are generated, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and how to make the best use of them. It is a concise and unique guide to WQIs for chemists, chemical/environmental engineers and government officials. Whereas it is easy to express the quantity of water, it is very difficult to express its ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

    A Practitioner's Guide

    by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace, Matthew Jones, John Hillier, Matthew Foote ...
    This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field.Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

  • Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru

    by Vergara,Walter; Deeb,Alejandro; Leino,Irene; Kitoh,Akio ; Kitoh,Akio; Escobar,Marisa ...
    Climate change is beginning to have effects on climate weather and resource availability in ways that need to be anticipated when planning for the future. In particular changes in rainfall patterns and temperature may impact the intensity or schedule of water availability. Also the retreat of tropical glaciers the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems as well as increased weather variability ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models

    With Applications in R

    by Antoine Guisan, Wilfried Thuiller, Niklaus E. Zimmermann ...
    Series series Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
    This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of species and biodiversity. Beginning with the main theory behind ecological niches and species distributions, the book proceeds through all major steps of model building, from conceptualization and model training to model ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research

    Edited by Francesco Rovero, Fridolin Zimmermann ...
    Series series Data in the Wild
    Camera trapping is a powerful and now widely used tool in scientific research on wildlife ecology and management. It provides a unique opportunity for collecting knowledge, investigating the presence of animals, or recording and studying behaviour. Its visual nature makes it easy to successfully convey findings to a wide audience.This book provides a much-needed guide to the sound use of camera ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Stock Identification Methods

    Applications in Fishery Science

    Edited by Steven X. Cadrin, Lisa A. Kerr, Stefano Mariani ...
    Stock Identification Methods, 2e, continues to provide a comprehensive review of the various disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the worldwide experience and perspectives of experts on each method, assembled through a working group of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. The book is organized to foster interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Sampling Rare or Elusive Species

    Concepts, Designs, and Techniques for Estimating Population Parameters

    Edited by William Thompson ...
    Information regarding population status and abundance of rare species plays a key role in resource management decisions. Ideally, data should be collected using statistically sound sampling methods, but by their very nature, rare or elusive species pose a difficult sampling challenge.Sampling Rare or Elusive Species describes the latest sampling designs and survey methods for reliably estimating ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Deepwater Foundations and Pipeline Geomechanics

    Edited by William McCarron ...
    Practicing engineers in the offshore engineering industry will find in this contributed handbook practical information on current oil field production development practices for foundations and subsea flowlines. The technical challenges associated with deepwater developments have led to significant innovations. The contributors are practicing engineers and academics who have been at the forefront ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Marine Ecological Field Methods

    A Guide for Marine Biologists and Fisheries Scientists

    Edited by Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, Jennifer Devine, Knut Helge Jensen, Jon Thomassen Hestetun, Henrik Glenner, Kjersti Sjøtun ...
    A comprehensive, clear, and detailed guide to procedures for conducting marine ecological field studiesMarine Ecological Field Methods is a comprehensive resource that offers the most relevant sampling methodologies for quantitative and qualitative studies of mesopelagic, demersal, littoral, and soft-bottom organisms, as well as relevant physical parameters. The authors describe how various ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment

    Modeling and Decision Support

    Edited by Karin Riley, Peter Webley, Matthew Thompson ...
    Series Book 223 - Geophysical Monograph Series
    Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In this monograph we provide a broad, cross-disciplinary overview of issues relating to uncertainties faced in natural hazard and risk assessment. We introduce some basic tenets of uncertainty analysis, discuss ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Integrating Disaster Science and Management

    Global Case Studies in Mitigation and Recovery

    Edited by Pijush Samui, Chandan Ghosh, Dookie Kim ...
    Integrated Disaster Science and Management: Global Case Studies in Mitigation and Recovery bridges the gap between scientific research on natural disasters and the practice of disaster management. It examines natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis, and uses integrated disaster management techniques, quantitative methods and big data analytics to create early warning models ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD