'Exxon Valdez' oil spill: Impacts and recovery in the soft-bottom benthic community in and adjacent to eelgrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 59-83

  Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Dean, Thomas A ^b   Smith, Richard O ^b   Blanchard, Arny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Coastal Resources Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

'Exxon Valdez'; Benthos; Eelgrass; Infauna; Oil spill; Prince William Sound; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; IMPACT; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; ISAEIDAE; PHOXOCEPHALIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033588513     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185059     Document Type: Article

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