Analysis of the Causes of A Decline In the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population on the Elk Hills, Naval Petroleum Reserve #1, California
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Analysis of the Causes of A Decline In the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population on the Elk Hills, Naval Petroleum Reserve #1, California. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/130, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
This report demonstrates the utility of the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS) for determining the cause of biological impairments on contaminated sites.
Description:
EPA is announcing the availability of the final report, Analysis of the Causes of a Decline in the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population on the Elk Hills, Naval Petroleum Reserve #1, California. This report describes a causal assessment of the decline in the abundance of San Joaquin kit foxes on an oil field. The EPA CADDIS system was used to perform the causal inference.
URLs/Downloads:
Analysis of the Causes of a Decline in the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population on the Elk Hills, Naval Petroleum Reserve #1, California (PDF, 96 pp, 3996 KB, about PDF)The Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS)