Assessing impacts of oil and ingested plastic in black skimmers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Assessing impacts of oil and ingested plastic in black skimmers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Examinations of seabirds from oil spills provide resource managers demographic and trauma related data that inform damage assessments for affected species. We examined black skimmers (Rynchops niger; n = 49) from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for demographics, ingested petroleum, and plastics. The...

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Main Authors: Erica Donnelly-Greenan, Corinne Gibble, Jessie Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2023-07-01
Series:California Fish and Wildlife Journal
Subjects:
black skimmers
deepwater horizon oil spill
demographics
oil ingestion
oil spill
plastic ingestion
rynchops niger
Online Access:https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2023/07/10/assessing-impacts-of-oil-and-ingested-plastic-in-black-skimmers-from-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/

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