Comparison of pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba, blood parameters from oiled and unoiled areas of Alaska eight years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-164

  Seiser, Pamela E ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a   David Mcguire, A ^b   Roby, Daniel D ^c   Golet, Gregory H ^d   Litzow, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Dept Fish Wildl 104 Nash H ^*  (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcid; Cepphus columba; Exxon Valdez; Haematology; Oil spill; Pigeon guillemot; Plasma biochemistry; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; BLOOD; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PIGEON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

CEPPHUS COLUMBA;

EID: 0033627304     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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