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Title: Assessment of injuries to killer whales in Prince William Sound. Marine mammal study number 2. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:426704

Photo-identification studies of individual killer whales inhabiting Prince William Sound were collected from 1989-91 to determine the impact of the spill on whale abundance and distribution. Concurrent photo-identification studies were also conducted in Southeast Alaska to determine if PWS killer whales were displaced to other areas. Despite increased effort, the number of encounters with PWS killer whales appears to be decreasing. The authors assume, that the whales are dead from natural causes, a result of interactions with fisheries, from the spill, or a combination of these causes.

Research Organization:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA (United States). Alaska Fisheries Science Center
OSTI ID:
426704
Report Number(s):
PB-96-194642/XAB; TRN: 62392945
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English