Beached bird surveys in Lithuania reflect oil pollution and bird mortality in fishing nets

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Žydelis, Ramunas ^a,b   Dagys, Mindaugas ^a   Vaitkus, Gediminas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beached birds; Bycatch; Eastern Baltic Sea; Gillnets; Lithuania; Oiling rates; Waterbirds; Winter season

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; GILLNET; MORTALITY; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34548073416     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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