Tracking long-distance migration to assess marine pollution impact

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-221

  Montevecchi, William ^a   Fifield, David ^a   Burke, Chantelle ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^b   Hedd, April ^a   Rail, Jean François ^c   Robertson, Gregory ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon; Long distance migrant; Pollution impact; Seabird mortality; Tracking

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE POLLUTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; OIL POLLUTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESEARCH WORK; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MORUS BASSANUS;

EID: 84860330535     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0880     Document Type: Article

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