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A proposed system for the evaluation of waterfowl production potential of large wetlands in Saskatchewan / D. Hjertaas

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Regina, SK : 1976 Ducks Unlimited Canada,Description: 40 p. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: To meet its long term objectives of securing valuable marshes, Ducks Unlimited (Canada) required an evaluation of waterfowl production potential of all large basins in Saskatchewan. A system of wetland evaluation based on size of the marsh, percent area in waterfowl,feeding range, percent years basin will hold water, adjacent water areas, and plant productivity limitations was developed. This gives a value of the wetland in productive hectare equivalents which are directly proportional to the potential waterfowl production. This system of wetland evaluation, because it is simple, objective, flexible,directly related to waterfowl production potential, and easily stored on computer files, has many applications with Ducks Unlimited and other agencies wherever an evaluation of waterfowl production capability is required.

To meet its long term objectives of securing valuable marshes, Ducks Unlimited (Canada) required an evaluation of waterfowl production potential of all large basins in Saskatchewan. A system of wetland evaluation based on size of the marsh, percent area in waterfowl,feeding range, percent years basin will hold water, adjacent water areas, and plant productivity limitations was developed. This gives a value of the wetland in productive hectare equivalents which are directly proportional to the potential waterfowl production. This system of wetland evaluation, because it is simple, objective, flexible,directly related to waterfowl production potential, and easily stored on computer files, has many applications with Ducks Unlimited and other agencies wherever an evaluation of waterfowl production capability is required.

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