Table 5. Results for three scenarios potentially resulting from the construction of a natural gas-processing facility and pipeline in breeding Whimbrel habitat on Taglu and Fish Island in the outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories.
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No buffer |
20-m buffer |
50-m buffer |
250-m buffer |
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Habitat lost (ha) |
0 |
35.5 |
54.3 |
94.7 |
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Habitat remaining (ha) |
470 |
434.5 |
415.7 |
334.0 |
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Percentage habitat lost |
0 |
8 |
12 |
29 |
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Max. Whimbrel Pairs (20 ha/territory)¹ |
23 |
21 |
20 |
16 |
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Max. Whimbrel Pairs (33 ha/territory)² |
14 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
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¹ Maximum number of possible breeding Whimbrel pairs the area of
habitat remaining could support based on an average territory size of 20
ha.
² Maximum number of possible breeding Whimbrel pairs the area of
habitat remaining could support based on a territory size of 33
ha.
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