Produced water from offshore oil and gas installations on the Grand Banks, Newfoundland and Labrador: Are the potential effects to seabirds sufficiently known?

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Fraser, Gail S ^a,b   Russell, Janet ^c   von Zharen, W M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Alder Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548100634     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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