Seabirds in the North Sea demobilized and killed by polyisobutylene (C4H8)(n) (PIB)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1171-1176

  Camphuysen, Kees C J ^a,b   Barreveld, Hein ^c   Dahlmann, Gerhard ^d   Van Franeker, Jan Andries ^e  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Working Group Beached Bird Surveys   (Netherlands)

^c Rijksinstituut Integraal Z   (Netherlands)

^d FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(C4H8)(n); Fulmarus glacialis; MARPOL; Melanitta nigra; Operational discharges; Polyisobutylene; Seabirds; Strandings; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; POLYISOBUTYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MORTALITY; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; STRANDING;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REHABILITATION CENTER;

NORTH SEA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MELANITTA NIGRA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0033238023     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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