Mortality of migratory birds from marine commercial fisheries and offshore oil and gas production in Canada;Mortalité d'oiseaux migrateurs attribuable à la pêche commerciale et à la production de pétrole et de gaz au large des côtes

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ellis, Joanne I ^a   Wilhelm, Sabina I ^b   Hedd, April ^c   Fraser, Gail S ^d   Robertson, Gregory J ^b   Rail, Jean François ^b   Fowler, Mark ^e   Morgan, Ken H ^b  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gillnet fishery; Longline fishery; Marine birds; Oil sheens; Platform attraction; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885342143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00589-080204     Document Type: Article

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