Jim Sinner
Cawthron Institute
45 Papers
165 Citations
Jim Sinner is an academic researcher from Cawthron Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stakeholder & Equity (economics). The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 44 publications. Previous affiliations of Jim Sinner include Wellington Management Company & Ecologic Brands, Inc..
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Papers
Making sense of environmental values: a typology of concepts
TL;DR: The authors argue that all forms of valuation, even those that are technical tools, constitute technologies of participation and that values practitioners should consider themselves more as reflexive facilitators than objective experts who represent the public interest, and encourage debate about environmental values to pivot away from theoretical gridlock and toward a concern with citizen empowerment and environmental democracy.
Multiple stressor effects on marine infauna: responses of estuarine taxa and functional traits to sedimentation, nutrient and metal loading.
Joanne I. Ellis,Joanne I. Ellis,Dana Clark,Javier Atalah,Weimin Jiang,Caine Taiapa,Murray Patterson,Jim Sinner,Judi E. Hewitt +8 more
TL;DR: The observed sensitivity of most taxa to increasing sedimentation and metal loading and the documented interaction effects between multiple stressors have important implications for understanding and managing the ecological consequences of eutrophication, sedimentationand contaminants on coastal ecosystems.
Validation and limitations of a cumulative impact model for an estuary
TL;DR: In this paper, a method to map and quantify cumulative impact was applied to estimate the combined impact of multiple stressors on Tauranga Harbour, a large estuary in New Zealand.
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Measure, model, optimise: Understanding reductionist concepts of value in freshwater governance
Marc Tadaki,Jim Sinner +1 more
TL;DR: The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS) as discussed by the authors is a scalar tool to help local authorities assess and rank rivers according to their ability to provide for a given value such as swimming, birdlife or irrigation.
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Assessing ecological community health in coastal estuarine systems impacted by multiple stressors
Joanne I. Ellis,Judi E. Hewitt,Dana Clark,Caine Taiapa,Murray Patterson,Jim Sinner,Derrylea J. Hardy,Simon F. Thrush +7 more
TL;DR: Three multivariate models were developed based on the variability in community composition using canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP) to identify key stressors affecting the ‘health’ of estuarine macrofaunal communities, found to be more sensitive to changing environmental health.
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