Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on habitat use by birds in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 593-613

  Day, Robert H ^a   Murphy, Stephen M ^a   Wiens, John A ^b   Hayward, Gregory D ^b,d   Harner, E James ^c   Smith, Louise N ^a,e  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

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

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ecological impacts; Environmental accident; Exxon Valdez; Gradient design; Habitat use; Oil pollution; Oil spill; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; EXXON VALDEZ; HABITAT USE; NICHE OVERLAP; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION EFFECTS;

USA, ALASKA, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND;

BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA; CORUUS CAURINUS; LARUS CANUS; PODICEPS AURITUS; PODICEPS GRISEGENA;

EID: 0030616812     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0593:EOTEVO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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