Harlequin duck population recovery following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill: Progress, process and constraints

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 271-286

  Esler, Daniel ^a   Bowman, Timothy D ^a   Trust, Kimberly A ^a   Ballachey, Brenda E ^a   Dean, Thomas A ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   O'Clair, Charles E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Exxon Valdez'; Demography; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Marine birds; Oil contamination; Population recovery

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD LIMITATION; OIL SPILL; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANAS SP.; AVES; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0037019897     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241271     Document Type: Article

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