The impact of the 1993 Braer oil spill on grey seals in Shetland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Hall, Ailsa J ^a   Watkins, John ^a   Hiby, Lex ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grey seals; Oil spill; Shetland

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEAL; VAPOR;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

BRAER; OIL SPILL;

UK, SCOTLAND, SHETLAND;

EID: 0029661347     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05090-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Anderson, S.S., 1981. Seals in Shetland waters. Proc. R. Soc. Edin., 80B: 181-188.
2. Frost, K.J. and L.F. Lowry, 1993. Marine Mammals Study Number 5: Assessment of Injury to Harbor Seals in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and Adjacent Areas Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. State-Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment, April through September 1991, p. 81.
3. Geraci, J.R., and D.J. St. Aubin, 1990. Sea Mammals and Oil: Confronting the Risks. Academic Press Inc, San Diego, p. 282.
4. Hiby, L., C. Duck and D. Thompson, 1993. Seal stocks in Great Britain: surveys conducted in 1991. NERC News, January: 30-31.
5. Ritchie, W. and M. O'Sullivan (Eds), 1994. ESGOSS, The Environmental Impact of the Wreck of the Braer. The Scottish Office, Edinburgh, p. 207.