Harlequin Duck population injury and recovery dynamics following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1993-2006

  Iverson, Samuel A ^a,b   Esler, Daniel ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic oil exposure; Demography; Exxon valdez; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Marine birds; Oil spill; Population dynamics; Prince William Sound, Alaska (USA); Sildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FECUNDITY; IMMIGRATION; INJURY; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHIP; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PETROLEUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 77957743046     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1398.1     Document Type: Article

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