Effects of Persistent Shoreline Oil on Reproductive Success, Chick Growth Rates and Foraging Ecology of Black Oystercatchers

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project Final Report

Volumn , Issue REPORT93035, 1998, Pages

  Andres, Brad A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Behavior; Black oystercatcher; Breeding; Chick growth; Crude; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Foraging; Haematopus bachmani; Mussels; Mytilus; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242486508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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