Changes in abundance and at-sea distribution of seabirds in the Bay of Biscay prior to, and following the “Erika” oil spill

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-367

  Castège, Iker ^a,b   Hémery, Georges ^a,b   Roux, Nicole ^a,b   D’elbée, Jean ^c   Lalanne, Yann ^d   D’amico, Frank ^d   Mouchès, Claude ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Plateau de la Petite Atalaye   (France)

^c Plateau de la Petite Atalaye   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Line transect; Oil pollution; Seabirds; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

ALCA TORDA; AVES; GAVIA; MELANITTA NIGRA; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 7944238714     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004038     Document Type: Article

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