Long-term direct and indirect effects of the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill on pigeon guillemots in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 287-304

  Golet, Gregory H ^a   Seiser, Pamela E ^a   McGuire, A David ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Fischer, Julian B ^a   Kuletz, Katherine J ^a   Irons, David B ^a   Dean, Thomas A ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Newman, Scott H ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Exxon Valdez'; Blood parameters; Cepphus columba; Marine birds; Oil spills; Pigeon guillemot; Prince William Sound; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CEPPHUS; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0037019906     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241287     Document Type: Article

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