Scavenging of seabird carcasses at oil spill sites in California and Oregon

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Glenn Ford, R ^a   Zafonte, Matthew A ^b  

^a RG Ford Consulting   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Beached bird model; Carcass persistence; Carcass removal; Kure; New Carissa; Scavenging; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; CARISSA;

EID: 84858145976     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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