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Filtering by: Creator Beaman, Jill A. Contributor advisor sim Roby, Daniel D. Subject Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska, 1989

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...

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Masters Thesis

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detected during a total of 780 minutes of signal monitoring. In contrast, the same 8 radio-tagged birds
Restoration of Pigeon Guillemot Nesting Habitat Through Removal of Introduced Predators

Creator:

Stark, Samuel B.

Abstract:

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) in Prince William Sound, Alaska provided impetus for a great deal of research into the ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Buried within the multitude of resulting impacts, which included hundreds of thousands of oiled seabirds and dramatic ecosystem shifts in the...

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Masters Thesis

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provided impetus for a great deal of research into the ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Buried