Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on river otters: Injury and recovery of a sentinel species

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 153, 2003, Pages 1-53

  Bowyer, R Terry ^a   Blundell, Gail M ^a,d   Ben David, Merav ^a,b   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Dean, Thomas A ^c   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biomarkers; Body mass; Demography; Diet; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Habitat selection; Home range; Hydrocarbons; Lontra canadensis; Pollution; River otter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041631018     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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