Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on bald eagles. Bird study number 4. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:393238

Bowman, T D; Schempf, P F; Bernatowicz, J A

We estimated that about 8000 bald eagles (Halieetus leucocephalus) inhabited the area affected by the spill at the time of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. We conducted a 3-year study to determine effects of the spill on the bald eagle population and reproduction and survival of adults and fledglings. The greatest injuries to bald eagles occurred in 1989 and were manifested by direct mortality of bald eagles throughout the spill area and significantly reduced reproduction in PWS. We could not discern negative effects on the population or reproduction of eagles after 1989.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK (United States)
• OSTI ID: 393238
• Report Number(s): PB-96-204250/XAB; TRN: 62891653
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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