The Issue of Using Ordinal Quantities to Estimate the Vulnerability of Seabirds to Oil Spills

Oil spills can have a serious negative effect on seabirds. Numerous studies have been carried out for relative vulnerability assessment of seabirds to oil, with the majority of such works based on ordinal quantities. This study aims to assess (from the aspect of measurement theory) the methodologica...

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Main Authors: Anatoly Shavykin, Andrey Karnatov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/12/1026