Do low rates of oiled carcass recovery in beached bird surveys indicate low rates of ship-source oil spills?

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-140

  O'Hara, P D ^a,b   Morgan, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beached bird survey; British Columbia; Oil pollution; Seabirds; Shipping; Wind

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 34548080137     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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