Potential for sea otter exposure to remnants of buried oil from the exxon valdez oil spill

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6860-6867

  Boehm, Paul D ^a   Page, David S ^b   Neff, Jerry M ^c   Johnson, Charles B ^d  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Neff and Associates   (United States)

^d ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; SEPARATION; WATER;

BURIED OIL; OTTER PITS; SUBSURFACE OIL;

OIL SPILLS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL SPILLS; SEPARATION; WATER;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE MAMMAL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHORELINE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORAGING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OTTERS; PETROLEUM; SHIPS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; KNIGHT ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 35148818075     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070829e     Document Type: Article

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