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Indicator
type |
Indicator |
Description |
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Socioeconomic |
Commodity production |
Amount of commodity produced by oil and gas
activity |
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Revenue |
Dollar ($) value of commodity
production |
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Employment |
Full-time equivalent annual
employment |
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Wages |
Dollar ($) value of annual wages earned by
sector employees |
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Royalties |
Dollar ($) value of annual resource sector
royalties generated |
Regional human population |
Full-time resident human
population |
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Land use and ecological |
Land
use infrastructure |
Infrastructure metrics that aid in better
understanding surface disturbance and linear density
indicators |
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Surface disturbance |
Total amount of direct human-caused surface
disturbance (i.e., direct land use footprint) expressed as percent of study area or
ha |
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Linear density |
Total length of linear features (roads, seismic
lines, and trails) within a given area, expressed as km/km²
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Habitat Suitability Index
(HSI) |
Relative ranking of wildlife habitat quality in
the absence of potential human-caused habitat effects. HSI values range from 0 (no habitat value) to 1 (perfect habitat value). Indicator is used for range of natural variability
runs. Two wildlife focal species HSI indicators were examined: barren-ground caribou winter HSI, and moose late-fall
HSI |
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Habitat Effectiveness Index
(HEI) |
Relative ranking of wildlife habitat quality,
with consideration of potential human-caused habitat effects. Like HSI, HEI values
range from 0 (no habitat value) to 1 (perfect habitat value). HEI
can be compared against HSI to understand potential land use impacts. Two
wildlife focal species HEI indicators were examined: barren-ground caribou winter HEI, and moose late-fall
HEI |
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