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Title: Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on murres: A perspective from observations at breeding colonies. Bird study number 3. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report

Abstract

The authors surveyed murres (Uria spp.) annually from 1989 through 1991 at breeding colonies within the trajectory of the oil to determine whether numbers had declined and to evaluate the effects of oil on nesting phenology and reproductive success, following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The colonies the authors surveyed contained the majority of the estimated 200,000 murres attending colonies in the affected area, and they found reduced numbers at all study colonies following the spill. In addition, nesting was delayed and productivity rates were far below normal following the spill. In contrast, numbers of murres did not decline and reproductive parameters were normal at 2 colonies the authors surveyed outside the trajectory.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fish and Wildlife Service, Homer, AK (United States). Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
OSTI Identifier:
415856
Report Number(s):
PB-97-112700/XAB
TRN: 63311653
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; OIL SPILLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; BIRDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS

Citation Formats

Nysewander, D R, Dippel, C H, Byrd, G V, and Knudtson, E P. Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on murres: A perspective from observations at breeding colonies. Bird study number 3. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Nysewander, D R, Dippel, C H, Byrd, G V, & Knudtson, E P. Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on murres: A perspective from observations at breeding colonies. Bird study number 3. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report. United States.
Nysewander, D R, Dippel, C H, Byrd, G V, and Knudtson, E P. 1993. "Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on murres: A perspective from observations at breeding colonies. Bird study number 3. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report". United States.
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title = {Effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on murres: A perspective from observations at breeding colonies. Bird study number 3. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report},
author = {Nysewander, D R and Dippel, C H and Byrd, G V and Knudtson, E P},
abstractNote = {The authors surveyed murres (Uria spp.) annually from 1989 through 1991 at breeding colonies within the trajectory of the oil to determine whether numbers had declined and to evaluate the effects of oil on nesting phenology and reproductive success, following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The colonies the authors surveyed contained the majority of the estimated 200,000 murres attending colonies in the affected area, and they found reduced numbers at all study colonies following the spill. In addition, nesting was delayed and productivity rates were far below normal following the spill. In contrast, numbers of murres did not decline and reproductive parameters were normal at 2 colonies the authors surveyed outside the trajectory.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/415856}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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