Winter survival of adult female harlequin ducks in relation to history of contamination by the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 839-847

  Esler, Daniel ^a   Schmutz, Joel A ^a   Jarvis, Robert L ^b   Mulcahy, Daniel M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ecotoxicity; Exxon Valdez; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Oil contamination; Population; Recovery; Survival; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0033936988     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802754     Document Type: Article

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