Chronic oil pollution harms Magellanic penguins in the Southwest Atlantic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-198

  García Borboroglu, Pablo ^a,b   Boersma, P Dee ^b,c   Ruoppolo, Valeria ^d   Reyes, Laura ^e,f   Rebstock, Ginger A ^c   Griot, Karen ^g   Heredia, Sergio Rodrigues ^h   Adornes, Andrea Corrado ⁱ   Da Silva, Rodolfo Pinho ^d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^e Secretaría de Turismo del Chubut   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^g Fundación Mar del Plata Aquarium   (Argentina)

^h Fundacion Mundo Marino   (Argentina)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Chronic petroleum pollution; Magellanic penguin; Spheniscus magellanicus; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; MAGELLANIC PENGUINS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

OIL; PETROLEUM;

OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; SEABIRD; URUGUAY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRD DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPHENISCIDAE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 33644597719     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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