Identifying and modeling patterns of tetrapod vertebrate mortality rates in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 177-179

  Antonio, F J ^a,b   Mendes, R S ^a,b   Thomaz, S M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon BP; Exponential behavior; Oil spill; Tetrapod vertebrate mortality rate

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NOAA SATELLITE; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TETRAPOD; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GULF OF MEXICO; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; OIL SPILL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPOD; TREND STUDY; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MORTALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; VERTEBRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVES; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959616715     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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