Characterization and source of oil contamination on the beaches and seabird corpses, Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 1996-2005

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 778-789

  Lucas, Zoe ^a   MacGregor, Clive ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beached bird surveys; Monitoring; Northwest Atlantic; Oil identification; Oil pollution; Sable Island; Shipping; Tanker operations

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL TANKERS; TAR;

BEACHED BIRD SURVEYS; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; OIL IDENTIFICATION; OIL POLLUTION; SABLE ISLAND; TANKER OPERATIONS;

OIL SPILLS;

FUEL OIL; OIL; PETROLEUM; TAR;

BEACH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CANADA; FEATHER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASHORE; TANK; VESSEL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; NOVA SCOTIA; PETROLEUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE ISLAND;

AVES;

EID: 33746478559     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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