Pigeon guillemots as a sentinel species: A dose-response experiment with weathered oil in the field

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1531-1548

  Prichard, Alexander K ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^b   Bowyer, R Terry ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; PETROLEUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM;

BIRDS; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SEASONS; NESTLING; NESTLINGS; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILLS; PIGEON GUILLEMOT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SENTINEL SPECIES; WEATHERED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASON; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

USA, ALASKA, KACHEMAK BAY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; COLUMBA; LARIDAE;

EID: 0030774717     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00223-3     Document Type: Article

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