Long-term effects of the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill: Sea otter foraging in the intertidal as a pathway of exposure to lingering oil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 447, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-287

  Bodkin, James L ^a   Ballachey, Brenda E ^a   Coletti, Heather A ^c   Esslinger, George G ^a   Kloecker, Kimberly A ^a   Rice, Stanley D ^b   Reed, John A ^a   Monson, Daniel H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Exxon Valdez'; Enhydra lutris; Oil spill; Sea otter; TDR; Time depth recorder

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENCOUNTER RATE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; OIL SPILL; PAH; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHORELINE;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857270142     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09523     Document Type: Article

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