Re-evaluating the use of beached bird oiling rates to assess long-term trends in chronic oil pollution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Wilhelm, Sabina I ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Ryan, Pierre C ^a   Tobin, Stan F ^b   Elliot, Richard D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beached bird surveys; Fisheries bycatch; Murre hunt; Newfoundland; Oil pollution; Uria spp

Indexed keywords

BEACHED BIRD SURVEYS; FISHERIES BYCATCH; MURRE HUNT; NEWFOUNDLAND; OIL POLLUTION; URIA SPP;

MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; SURVEYS;

FISHERIES;

OIL;

BIOMONITORING; BYCATCH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BEACHED BIRD SURVEY; BIRD; CANADA; CHRONIC MARINE OIL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PETROLEUM; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA;

EID: 59949083035     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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