Inadequate environmental monitoring around offshore oil and gas platforms on the Grand Bank of Eastern Canada: Are risks to marine birds known?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-126

  Burke, C M ^a   Montevecchi, W A ^a   Wiese, F K ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b North Pacific Research Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental vigilance; Grand Bank; Offshore oil platforms; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

OIL; PETROLEUM;

AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS PLATFORM; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SEASONALITY; SURVEY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; DISASTER; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS; GAS FIELD; HEALTH SURVEY; MARINE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVES; PINGUINUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84860624760     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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