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Interpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 / Alan E. Burger.: CW69-5/178E-PDF

"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.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canadian Wildlife Service. Pacific and Yukon Region.
TitleInterpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 / Alan E. Burger.
Variant title
  • Interpreting the mortality of seabirds following the Nestucca oil spill of 1988-1989 : factors affecting seabirds off southwestern British Columbia and northern Washington
Series title
  • Technical report series ; no. 178
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Other formatsPhysical text-[English]
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-19).
  • Issued also in print format.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • Delta, B.C. : Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, 1993.
Author / Contributor
  • Burger, Alan E.
Descriptioniii, 19, [10] p. : charts, maps.
Catalogue number
  • CW69-5/178E-PDF
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