Sea otter mortality estimated from carcasses collected after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 905-916

  Garshelis, David L ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCASS; EXXON VALDEZ; MAMMALS; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SEA OTTER; SEA OTTERS;

USA, ALASKA, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030753820     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96062.x     Document Type: Article

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