Population levels and reproductive performance of murres based on observations at breeding colonies four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Restoration study number 11. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:381560

Dragoo, D E; Byrd, G V; Roseneau, D G; Cooper, J A; Dewhurst, D A

An assessment of the damage to murre populations and reproductive performance due to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill was conducted from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, we continued monitoring these parameters at three murre (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) nesting colonies located in the path of the oil in an effort to begin measuring recovery. Numbers of murres were significantly reduced at all three study colonies following the spill. We found no recovery to prespill numbers. Timing of breeding and productivity of murres at the Barren Islands and Puale Bay returned to near normal levels in 1992.

• Research Organization: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Home, AK (United States)
• OSTI ID: 381560
• Report Number(s): PB-96-204268/XAB; TRN: 62752250
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
OIL SPILLS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
BIRDS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY