Bird mortality in oil field wastewater disposal facilities

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 820-826

  Ramirez Jr , Pedro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bird mortality; Evaporation ponds; Oil; Produced water; Surfactants; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

FIELD INSPECTION; FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES; FORMATION WATER; INADEQUATE OPERATION; NEW MEXICO; OIL; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; OIL INDUSTRIES; PRODUCED WATER; SURFACTANTS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EVAPORATION; LAKES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

SODIUM; SURFACTANT;

BIRD; MORTALITY; OIL FIELD; OIL POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

BIRD; CARCASS; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPORATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; NEW MEXICO; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; UTAH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WYOMING;

UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; AVES; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 78649326969     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9557-4     Document Type: Review

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