Carrying Capacity. Carrying Capacity means the normal carrying capacity of Railway wagon as determined by Railways under the Indian Railways Xxx 0000.
Carrying Capacity. The carrying capacity was arbitrarily set at 6,000 due to the lack of adequate information on the availability of wetland breeding habitat in KwaZulu-Natal. This figure was significantly higher than the peak minimum population size observed in 2012 from aerial counts. Trend in carrying capacity No trend was set for carrying capacity. Harvest/supplementation No harvest or supplementation was included in the baseline model, as these options have not been considered for Grey Crowned Cranes in KZN.
Carrying Capacity. The average number of livestock and/or wildlife that may be sustained on a management unit compatible with management objectives for the unit. In addition to the site characteristics, it is a function of management goals and management intensity. Channel (Watershed) A passage, either naturally or artificially created, that periodically or continuously contains moving water, or that forms a connecting link between two bodies of water. Stream, river, creek, run, branch and tributary are some of the terms used to describe natural channels. Natural channels may be single or braided. Canal and floodway are some of the terms used to describe artificial channels.
Carrying Capacity. One key consideration from a management perspective is that sufficient habitat carrying capacity should be available across the flyway in order to sustain a population at the desired level of abundance. Carrying capacity in this context is defined as the maximum number of individuals that can be maintained in an area on a long-term basis (Xxxxx et al. 2013). The implication of this is that at a site level the feeding area should be sufficiently large to sustain the desired number of birds during their stay at the site. This requirement is strictest in the case of long-distance migrants with specialised feeding requirements, e.g. Xxxxxx'x Swan (Cygnus columbianus), because of the extended time needed for them to accumulate and maintain the fat reserves required to complete the next stage of their migration and the potential impact on their breeding performance if they fail to do so (carry-over effects). The importance of ensuring that sufficient carrying capacity is available is more critical when the availability of alternative sites is very limited; an extreme example on the dependence of limited habitat (in this case intertidal mudflats) is the Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (Xxxxxxx 2002). Maintaining and improving carrying capacity at breeding, staging and wintering areas is a key aspect of flyway level management of (huntable) waterbirds. In general, the main factor of carrying capacity is food availability and accessibility, but in some cases, e.g. for colonial nesting seabirds and for highly territorial species, availability of breeding sites might also limit population growth. Examples from North America illustrate that habitat restoration measures can be very effective in increasing huntable surpluses, e.g. the Wetland Conservation (Swampbuster) Provision and the Conservation Reserve Programmes implemented by the US Department of Agriculture in the Prairie Pothole Region. As a result of these programmes, 2 million additional ducks per year were produced in North and South Dakota and northeastern Montana and a large number of small, shallow wetlands that would have been lost to drainage were protected, which in total could have led to a 37% loss of wetlands (Xxxxxxxx 2007). In Europe, carrying capacity was explicitly considered in designing the reserve network for waterfowl in Denmark (see Xxxxxx et al. 1998). Although the consideration of carrying capacity in sustainable harvest management is important, estimating habitat carrying capacity has a numb...
Carrying Capacity. The Operator must adhere to the bed limit that SANParks has established for the particular Management Area. It must be noted that the bed limit includes all staff beds used in SANParks rest camps, and relates to the maximum number of persons on the concession at any point in time. The Management and Environment Proposal must include the number of guest and staff beds the Operator intends to have within the Management Area. SANParks acknowledges that tourism operations of the type to be operated in these Management Areas generally have approximately 25% of their resident staff on leave at any given time. SANParks will take this 25% leave factor into account in determining the actual number of beds at each Management Area. In other words, if a site has a carrying capacity of 100, of which 70 beds are allocated to guests and 30 to staff, then a design that proposes 40 staff beds (to accommodate the 25% leave factor) will be acceptable. SANParks will expect that the limit of 100 persons is respected, however, and failure to respect it will constitute a breach of the contract. This factor applies to all Management Areas.
Carrying Capacity. BARA was used to establish each boat area’s storage “carrying capacity,” or maximum desirable number of stored boats, by revising a gross storage potential for each boat area in four consecutive steps according to the inventory data collected. The gross storage capacity of each area is the number of boats that could fit in each storage area regardless of all other characteristics. This value was obtained from the area of the location. The area of each storage location was calculated using GIS data. Since registered boats are 12 to 14 feet long and at least 4.5 feet wide according to DEP rules, and anglers need room to move around boats, 72 square feet were allotted for each boat. With this quantity of boats as a starting point, inventory data are systematically used site by site to create a final boat storage carrying capacity. This analysis is in four sequential steps: 1) assess for elimination criteria, 2) establish an initial boat carrying capacity based on usable land area and hitching opportunities, 3) incorporate natural resource characteristics, and 4) recognize parking limitations.
Carrying Capacity. Carrying capacity represents a population size that the resources of the environment can maintain without large fluctuations. As populations fully utilize their environment, competition between the same species for resources (intraspecific competition) acts to equalize the birth and death rates, thus stabilizing the population. Carrying capacity changes. For instance, the carrying capacity of Battle Creek for 71 NMFS Proposed recovery plan for the Sacramento River Winter-run chinook salmon. p IV-20-21. Draft Adaptive Management Plan anadromous salmonids in the post-restoration state is expected to be much higher than the current depressed carrying capacity. The natural environment must be able to support large enough populations to reduce radical fluctuations associated with small populations (demographic stochasticity) and environmental variation. Current salmon and steelhead populations, particularly winter- and spring-run chinook, are small enough to be susceptible to extinction as a result of random events tied to reproduction. Therefore, the objectives of this AMP are to increase habitat volume and quality, and fish access to habitat, so that salmon and steelhead populations increase to a size where risks from random variation associated with demographics and the environment are minimized. With the implementation of the Restoration Project, the CRR average is expected to rise above 1.0 for consecutive generations to rebuild salmon and steelhead populations. As populations begin to reach carrying capacity, the CRR trend will begin to decline and stabilize near 1.0. If the three- year running CRR average falls below 1.0 and the viable populations standard has not been met, then the limiting factors will be identified and addressed by the AMP. Carrying capacity is reached when the CRR has stabilized for several generations at 1.0 after many generations of a CRR greater than 1.0. It is possible that the carrying capacity could be reached but the populations remain below the “viable population” levels or estimated maximum natural production levels, or the viable population standard could be met, but be below the carrying capacity. Thus, in evaluating carrying capacity and viable populations, it is important to consider condition of the habitat, absolute population size, and the CRR. Furthermore, naturally caused fluctuations in populations, and the long period of time that CRR must average 1.0, confound the ability to determine when populations are at carr...
Carrying Capacity. In parallel with, and closely related to, the recurring recreation surveys required by FS Condition 42 and development reviews required by FS Condition 44, SMUD is required to provide data to support the determination of carrying capacity of UARP- associated lands per FS Condition 48. The FS has reserved the right to modify the specific recreation measures listed in FS Condition 45 contingent on this determination and related evaluations. Modifications to FS Condition 45 may create additional specific recreation measures, including development elements. 8 Signing and Sign Placement
Carrying Capacity. One key consideration from a management perspective is that sufficient habitat carrying capacity should be available across the flyway in order to sustain a population at the desired level of abundance. Carrying capacity in this context is defined as the maximum number of individuals that can be maintained in an area on a long-term basis (Xxxxx et al. 2013). The implication of this is that at a site level the feeding area should be sufficiently large to sustain the desired number of birds during their stay at the site. This requirement is strictest in the case of long-distance migrants with
Carrying Capacity. The Lower Tweed Boating Study 1997 stated that the total waterway available to recreational boating (excluding Terranora Inlet) was approximately 650 hectares. (p.28). Also stated was that vessels involved in waterskiing required approximately 5 hectares of water space per vessel (Soro– Xxxxxxxxx & XxXxxxxx, 1977) and other recreational vessels 1.2 hectares each (Public Works Department 1988). The Table 8 shows the capacity currently utilised and that predicted for 2006 (to correlate with PBP figures) and 2009 (for the life of this plan). TABLE 8 – RIVER CAPACITY 2004 2006 2009 Number Hectares Number Hectares Number Hectares Water skiing # @ 5ha / vessel 61 305 67 335 78 390 Other river uses @ 1.2ha / vessel* 149 179 164 197 190 228 Total 210 484 231 532 268 618
