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Filtering by: Advisor Jarvis, Robert L. Subject Oil spills and wildlife -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound

Behavioral constraints on harlequin duck population recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Creator:

Rizzolo, Daniel J.

Abstract:

I investigated the relationship between harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) behavior and lack of recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. First, I evaluated the hypothesis that harlequin ducks in winter have little flexibility to increase foraging time in response to disturbance because they are constrained...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis