Biotic impacts of energy development from shale: Research priorities and knowledge gaps

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dc.citation.issue6
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorSouther S
dc.contributor.authorTingley MW
dc.contributor.authorPopescu VD
dc.contributor.authorHayman DTS
dc.contributor.authorRyan ME
dc.contributor.authorGraves TA
dc.contributor.authorHartl B
dc.contributor.authorTerrell K
dc.date.available1/08/2014
dc.date.issued1/01/2014
dc.description.abstractAlthough shale drilling operations for oil and natural gas have increased greatly in the past decade, few studies directly quantify the impacts of shale development on plants and wildlife. We evaluate knowledge gaps related to shale development and prioritize research needs using a quantitative framework that includes spatial and temporal extent, mitigation difficulty, and current level of understanding. Identified threats to biota from shale development include: surface and groundwater contamination; diminished stream flow; stream siltation; habitat loss and fragmentation; localized air, noise, and light pollution; climate change; and cumulative impacts. We find the highest research priorities to be probabilistic threats (underground chemical migration; contaminant release during storage, during disposal, or from accidents; and cumulative impacts), the study of which will require major scientific coordination among researchers, industry, and government decision makers. Taken together, our research prioritization outlines a way forward to better understand how energy development affects the natural world. © The Ecological Society of America.
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dc.identifier.citationFRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2014, 12 (6), pp. 330 - 338 (9)
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/130324
dc.identifier.elements-id217738
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/10168
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherECOLOGICAL SOC AMER
dc.relation.isPartOfFRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectCHRONIC ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE
dc.subjectGREATER SAGE-GROUSE
dc.subjectGAS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL-GAS
dc.subjectHABITAT FRAGMENTATION
dc.subjectMETHANE CONTAMINATION
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectPENNSYLVANIA
dc.titleBiotic impacts of energy development from shale: Research priorities and knowledge gaps
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Veterinary Science
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