<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Environmental impact assessment: its role in protecting fish and wildlife values.</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Hirsch</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Outlines the role of EIA, its effectiveness and significance for fish and wildlife resources. Five basic concepts are described which can improve the EIA procedure: increased prediction, improved ecosystem classification, awareness of key ecological processes, technology assessment, and baseline surveys.</mods:abstract><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">1984</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Westview Press</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book Section</mods:genre></mods:mods>