Short-term effects of the prestige oil spill on the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1176-1181

  Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^a,b,c   Martínez, Jose Antonio ^a   Iraeta, Agurtzane ^a,b,c   Azkona, Ainara ^a,b,c   Zabala, Jabi ^c   Jiménez, Begoña ^d   Merino, Ruben ^d   Gómez, Gema ^d  

^a Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi ^*  (Spain)

^b Estudios Medioambientales Icarus sl   (Spain)

^c Sociedad para el Estudio de las Aves Rapaces SEAR   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird mortality; Falco peregrinus; Oil spill; PAH; Peregrine falcon; Prestige

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIRD MORTALITY; FALCO PEREGRINUS; PEREGRINE FALCON; PRESTIGE;

OIL SPILLS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; EMBRYO; INCUBATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY RISK; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FRANCE; INCUBATION TIME; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PEREGRINE FALCON; POLLUTION; RIVER; SPAIN; SUBFERTILITY;

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; MALE; OVUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 33749181115     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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