Quantitative Assessment of Current Risks to Harlequin Ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska, from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-328

  Harwell, Mark A ^a   Gentile, John H ^b   Parker, Keith R ^c   Murphy, Stephen M ^d   Day, Robert H ^d   Bence, A Edward ^e   Neff, Jerry M ^f   Wiens, John A ^g  

^a Harwell Gentile & Associates LC   (United States)

^b Harwell Gentile and Associates   (United States)

^c Data Analysis Group   (United States)

^d ABR Inc   (United States)

^e Neff and Associates LLC ^*  (United States)

^f Neff and Associates LLC   (United States)

^g PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological risk assessment; ecotoxicology; Exxon Valdez oil spill; individual based models; PAHs; Prince William Sound; seaducks

Indexed keywords

ANAS; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 84859392538     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.650582     Document Type: Article

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