Are sea otters being exposed to subsurface intertidal oil residues from the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 581-589

  Boehm, P D ^a   Page, D S ^b   Neff, J M ^c   Brown, J S ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Neff and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhydra lutris; Exxon Valdez; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONTACT; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; EXXON VALDEZ; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; OIL RESIDUES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; SEA OTTERS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SUITABLE HABITAT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHORELINE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGING; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; OIL SPILL; SEA OTTER; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TIDE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OTTERS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 79952196490     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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