Beached bird surveys in Massachusetts: The seabird ecological assessment network (SEANET)

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Harris, Rebecca J ^a,b   Tseng, Florina S ^a   Pokras, Mark A ^a   Suedmeyer, Beth A ^a   Bogart, Jamie S H ^c   Prescott, Robert L ^d   Newman, Scott H ^e,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Audubon   (United States)

^c Lloyd Ctr for Environmental Studies   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Audubon Society   (United States)

^e ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beached bird monitoring; Chronic oil pollution; Natural resource damage assessment; Oil spill; Oiled wildlife; Seabird mortality; Seabird stranding

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SURVEY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; BUZZARDS BAY; CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GAVIA STELLATA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 34548062409     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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