Persistence rates and detection probabilities of bird carcasses on beaches of Unalaska Island, Alaska, following the wreck of the M/V Selendang Ayu

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Vernon Byrd, G ^a   Reynolds, Joel H ^b   Flint, Paul L ^c  

^a Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bird carcass detection; Bird carcass persistence; Oil spill; Scavenging rate

Indexed keywords

AVES; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 80053218079     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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