Waterbird deterrence at oil spills and other hazardous sites: Potential applications of a radar-activated on-demand deterrence system

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Ronconi, Robert A ^a   St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^b   O'Hara, Patrick D ^c   Burger, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Deterrence; Habituation; Hazing; Oil spill; Radar; Seabirds; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; AVIFAUNA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; OIL SPILL; RADAR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WIND FARM;

AVES;

EID: 22244456728     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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