Bird Study/Assessment of Injury to Sea Ducks from Hydrocarbon Uptake in Prince William Sound and the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Report

Volumn , Issue REPORT13, 2002, Pages

  Patten Jr , Samuel M ^a   Crowe, Thomas ^a   Gustin, Richard ^a   Hunter, Robert ^a   Twait, Paul ^a   Hastings, Charles ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Contaminants; Exxon Valdez oil spill; Foods; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Kodiak; Petroleum; Prince William Sound; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346991576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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