Effects of the Exxon valdez oil spill on marine bird communities in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 828-841

  Wiens, John A ^a,b   Crist, Thomas O ^a,d   Day, Robert H ^c   Murphy, Stephen M ^c   Hayward, Gregory D ^a,e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ABR Inc   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Community; Environmental impact; Exxon Valdez; Guild; Marine birds; Oil spills; Prince William Sound; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

BIRD COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXXON VALDEZ; OIL SPILL; SEABIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

USA, ALASKA, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND;

EID: 0030411201     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269488     Document Type: Article

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