Ecological impact of the “Erika” oil spill: Determination of the geographic origin of the affected common guillemots

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-377

  Cadiou, Bernard ^a   Riffaut, Léa ^b   McCoy, Karen D ^c   Cabelguen, Jérôme ^d   Fortin, Matthieu ^d   Gélinaud, Guillaume ^d   Le Roch, Alexandra ^d   Tirard, Claire ^e   Boulinier, Thierry ^b  

^a Bretagne Vivante SEPNB Société pour l Étude et la Protection de la Nature en Bretagne   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sociétépour l étude et la Protection de la Nature en Bretagne   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Biometrics; Genetics; Oil spill; Ring recoveries; Seabird; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OIL SPILL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROVENANCE; RINGING; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 7944225082     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004036     Document Type: Article

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