00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.857433 CaOODSP 20241203113643 cr ||||||||||| 180606s1993 bccdb o f00| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn-bc CW69-5/178E-PDF Burger, Alan E. Interpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 [electronic resource] / Alan E. Burger. Interpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 : factors affecting seabirds off southwestern British Columbia and northern Washington Delta, B.C. : Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, 1993. iii, 19, [10] p. : charts, maps. Technical report series ; no. 178 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-19). "On 23 December 1988, the barge Nestucca was damaged off Gray's Harbor, Washington and 875,000 litres of Bunker C oil was spilled along a swath over the continental shelf. As the slicks drifted northward, they passed through concentrations of seabirds off Washington and Vancouver Island. This resulted in the direct mortality of an estimated 56,000 seabirds (Ford et al. 1991, Burger 1993). Many more seabirds, shorebirds and scavenging birds were debilitated and perhaps died from oiled plumage or the toxic effects of ingesting oil (Rodway et al. 1989, Larsen and Richardson 1990, Ford et al. 1991, Burger 1993a)"--Introd. Issued also in print format. Includes abstract in French. gccst Aquatic birds gccst Water pollution gccst Oil spills Canada. Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Pacific and Yukon Region. Interpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 : (CaOODSP)9.608882 Technical report series (Canadian Wildlife Service) no. 178. (CaOODSP)9.504438 PDF 2.37 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/cw69-5/CW69-5-178-eng.pdf