Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5653, 2003, Pages 2082-2086

  Peterson, Charles H ^a   Rice, Stanley D ^b   Short, Jeffrey W ^b   Esler, Daniel ^c   Bodkin, James L ^d   Ballachey, Brenda E ^d   Irons, David B ^e  

^a Institute of Marine Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ECOLOGICAL RISKS; TOXICOLOGY;

OIL SPILLS;

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OIL SPILL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; BENTHOS; BIRD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0346992383     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084282     Document Type: Review

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