Declines in oil-rates of stranded birds in the North Sea highlight spatial patterns in reductions of chronic oil pollution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1299-1306

  Camphuysen, Kees C J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pollution; Oil rates; Seabirds; Spatial patterns; Temporal variation; Trends

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; MARINE BIRDS; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE WATER; OIL POLLUTION; OIL RATES; SHIPPING LANES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LAW ENFORCEMENT; OIL SPILLS;

POLLUTION;

MARINE POLLUTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OIL POLLUTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; WINTER; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHER; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AVES;

PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 77955426955     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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