Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on birds: Comparisons of pre- and post-spill surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-313

  Murphy, Stephen M ^a   Day, Robert H ^a   Wiens, John A ^b   Parker, Keith R ^c  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c Data Analysis Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; before after comparisons; Exxon Valdez; marine birds; oil spill; oiling impacts; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

AVES; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LARIDAE; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS;

EID: 0030973280     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369936     Document Type: Article

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