Trends in chronic marine oil pollution in Danish waters assessed using 22 years of beached bird surveys

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1333-1340

  Larsen, Jørn Lennart ^a   Durinck, Jan ^a   Skov, Henrik ^b  

^a NEPCon ^*  (Denmark)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beached bird surveys; Chronic marine oil pollution; Linear regression; Monitoring; Oil rate; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SEEPAGE;

BEACHED BIRD SURVEYS; CHRONIC MARINE OIL POLLUTION; OFFSHORE AREAS; OIL RATE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; MARINE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BIRDS; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH SEA; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK;

ALCA; AVES;

EID: 34548835027     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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