Do long lived seabirds reduce the negative effects of acute pollution on adult survival by skipping breeding? A study with European storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus) during the "Prestige" oil-spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Zabala, Jabi ^a   Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^a,b   Martínez Climent, Jose Antonio ^a   Etxezarreta, Jon ^b  

^a Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi ^*  (Spain)

^b Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Breeding failure; Competitive hypotheses; Oil spill; Procellariformes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING FAILURE; COMPETITIVE HYPOTHESES; PROCELLARIFORMES; SURVIVAL;

ECOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; STORMS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS;

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EFFECT SIZE; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HYDROBATES PELAGICUS; HYDROBATINAE; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 78751632499     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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