| an evaluation of marine bird population trends following the exxon valdez oil spill, prince william sound, alaska. | we examined post-spill trends (1989-1998) of marine bird populations in prince william sound (pws) following the exxon valdez oil spill (evos) to evaluate recovery of injured taxa. two criteria were employed. first, we examined population trends of injured taxa only in the oiled area of pws using regression models. second, we examined population trends of injured taxa in the oiled area relative to the unoiled area using homogeneity of the slopes tests. we considered a population recovering if th ... | 2001 | 11381751 |
| sources of organochlorine contaminants and mercury in seabirds from the aleutian archipelago of alaska: inferences from spatial and trophic variation. | persistent organochlorine compounds and mercury (hg) have been detected in numerous coastal organisms of the aleutian archipelago of alaska, yet sources of these contaminants are unclear. we collected glaucous-winged gulls, northern fulmars, and tufted puffins along a natural longitudinal gradient across the western and central aleutian islands (buldir, kiska, amchitka, adak), and an additional 8 seabird species representing different foraging and migratory guilds from buldir island to evaluate: ... | 2008 | 18692865 |
| ectoparasites of the pelagic cormorant, phalacrocorax pelagicus, from the pribilof islands, alaska. | | 1987 | 3669034 |