Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape gannets Morus capensis, 1983-2005

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-54

  Wolfaardt, A C ^a,b,c   Williams, A J ^a,b   Underhill, L G ^b   Crawford, R J M ^d   Whittington, P A ^b,e  

^a CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^e East London Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African penguin; Cape gannet; Dassen island; De oiled; Morus capensis; Oil spills; Rehabilitation; Rescue; Restoration; SANCCOB; Spheniscus demersus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OIL SPILL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS CAPENSIS; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 78049512744     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2009.31.1.3.774     Document Type: Article

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