Seabirds and chronic oil pollution: Self-cleaning properties of gulls, Laridae, as revealed from colour-ring sightings

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-519

  Camphuysen, Kees ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Nederlandse Zeevogelgroep werkgroep NSO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic oil pollution; Laridae; Seabirds; Self cleaning; Survival

Indexed keywords

LARIDAE; OIL POLLUTION; SEABIRDS; SELF CLEANING; SURVIVAL;

COLOR; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION;

CLEANING;

CLEANING BEHAVIOR; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARIDAE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF CLEANING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS;

EID: 79952188530     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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