Oiled seabird rescue at the J.V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo County, California, 1968-1995

Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-14

  Carter, Harry R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Common murre; Oil pollution; Oil spill; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Seabird; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142565232     PISSN: 10712232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. ANONYMOUS. 1975. Oil spills are a continuous problem. The Gull 57(10): 129.
2. CARTER, H.R. 1996a. Hundreds of distressed seabirds recovered on reserve shoreline. Between The Tides 9(4): 5.
3. CARTER, H.R. 1996b. Central California seabird die-off: numbers of dead birds on sample beaches between Sonoma and San Mateo counties on 12-19 July 1995. Unpubl. report, National Biological Service, California Science Center, Dixon, California.
4. CARTER, H.R, G.W. Page and R.G. Ford. 1987. The importance of rehabilitation center data in determining the impacts of the 1986 oil spill on marine birds in central California. Wildl. Journal 10: 9-14.
5. CARTER, H.R., D.S. Gilmer, J.E. Takekawa, R.W. Lowe, and U.W. Wilson. 1995. Breeding seabirds in California, Oregon and Washington. Pp. 43-49. In E.T. LaRoe, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac (eds.). Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. Dept. Int., Nat. Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 pp.
6. FORD, R.G. G.W. Page and H. R. Carter. 1987. Estimating mortality of seabirds from oil spills. Pp. 747-751 In Proc. 1987 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.
7. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1971. Oil slicks near Pillar Point reported by fish boat skipper; disaster expert to make probe.
8. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 74(35): 1 (Thursday 21 January 1971).
9. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1975. Birds rescued as oil slick hits off Pt. Montara.
10. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW 79(15): 6 (Thursday 4 September 1975).
11. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1986a. 89(39): 11 (Thursday 6 February 1986). Oil slick sends 600 coastside birds to Humane Society "bath".
12. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1986b. Coast Guard continues probe of coast oil spill - volunteers save birds.
13. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 89(40): 5 (Thursday 13 February 1986).
14. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1990a. 93(39): 1A, 6A (7 February 1990). Oil-covered birds found - Coast Guard searches for origin of oil along coastside.
15. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1990b. Oil-soaked birds cleaned - Humane Society returns first of clean murres to the sea.
16. HALF MOON BAY REVIEW. 1996. Bird project off to flying start. Half Moon Bay Review 99(37): 1A, 6A (17 January 1996).
17. NUR, N., P. Pyle, L. Stenzel, D.G. Ainley, W.J. Sydeman, and E. McLaren. 1995. The significance of chronic oiling for seabird populations in central California. Pacific Seabirds 22(1): 39 (abstract).
18. PAGE, G.W., and H.R. Carter (Eds.). 1986. Impacts of the 1986 San Joaquin Valley Crude oil spill on marine birds in central California. Unpubl. report, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California.
19. PAGE, G.W., H.R. Carter, and R.G. Ford. 1990. Numbers of seabirds killed or debilitated in the 1986 Apex Houston oil spill in central California. Stud. Avion Biol. No. 14: 164-174.
20. PARKER, M., E. McLaren, S. Schubel, J. Boyce, P. Capitolo, M. Ortwerth, S. Kress, H. Carter, and A. Hutzel. Restoration of Common Murre colonies in central California: First year results. Unpubl. draft report, U.S. Fish and Wild-life Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark, California.
21. POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY. 1985. The impacts of the T/V Puerto Rican oil spill on marinebird and mammal populations in the Gulf of the Farallones, 6-19 November 1984. Unpubl. Report, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California.
22. SMAIL, J., D.G. Ainley, and H. Strong. 1972. Notes on the 1971 San Francisco oil spill. Calif. Birds 3: 25-32.
23. STENZEL, L.E, G.W. Page, H.R. Carter, and D.G. Ainley. 1988. Seabird mortality in California as witnessed through 14 years of beached bird censuses. Unpubl. report, Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California.
24. TAKEKAWA, J.E., H.R. Carter, and T.E. Harvey. 1990. Decline of the Common Murre in central California, 1980-1986. Stud. Avian Biol. No. 14: 149-163.