Wildlife and oil in the Antarctic: A recipe for cold disaster

Polar Record

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-109

  Ruoppolo, Valeria ^a,b   Woehler, Eric J ^c   Morgan, Kerri ^d   Clumpner, Curtiss J ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^b Aiuká Consultoria em SoluçÃes Ambientais ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e International Bird Rescue Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; MARINE POLICY; NATURE CONSERVATION; OIL SPILL; VESSEL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84874852516     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247411000763     Document Type: Article

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