Monitoring the trend of harbor seals in Prince William Sound, Alaska, after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 494-506

  Frost, Kathryn J ^a   Lowry, Lloyd F ^a   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Generalized linear model; Harbor seal; Phoca vitulina richardsi; Poisson regression; Population monitoring; Prince William Sound; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILL; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSI; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0032805022     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00815.x     Document Type: Article

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