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dc.contributor.authorSeiser, Pamela
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-17T00:47:54Z
dc.date.available2015-02-17T00:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2000-05
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/4975
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2000en_US
dc.description.abstractThe abundance of pigeon guillemots in oiled areas of Prince William Sound, Alaska, failed to increase after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Population growth may be constrained by the physiological effects of oil exposure, food availability, and nest predation." The author "conducted a comparative study among unoiled, oiled, and pre-spill data sets, to provide insight on factors limiting population recovery in oiled areas. Blood samples from chicks in oiled and unoiled areas provided little evidence of physiological effects of exposure to oil. Pigeon guillemot diet, productivity, growth rates, and fledging weights in unoiled areas of southwestern Prince William Sound from 1994 to 1998 indicate oiled areas had a lower proportion of high-lipid fish in the chick diet and lower fledging weights, compared to unoiled and pre-spill studies. These results suggest that the lack of recovery in oiled areas is associated with a prey base that results in lower fledging weights, which may reduce juvenile survival.en_US
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dc.titleMechanism of impact and potential recovery of pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba) after the Exxon Valdez oil spillen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Biology and Wildlifeen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-05T09:51:44Z


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