scholarly journals Quantifying long-term risks to sea otters from the 1989 ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill: Comment on Bodkin et al. (2012)

2013 ◽  
Vol 488 ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Harwell ◽  
JH Gentile
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

scholarly journals Long-term impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on sea otters, assessed through age-dependent mortality patterns

2000 ◽  
Vol 97 (12) ◽  
pp. 6562-6567 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Monson ◽  
D. F. Doak ◽  
B. E. Ballachey ◽  
A. Johnson ◽  
J. L. Bodkin
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
Dependent Mortality

EFFORT TO RESCUE OTTERS AFTER SPILL IS IN DISPUTE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-661
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Government Contract

ANCHORAGE, April 20—Sea otters rescued from waters fouled by the Exxon Valdez oil spill fared poorly after their return to the wild last fall, and scientists working under Government contract say at least half may have perished over the winter. Nearly 900 dead otters were found after the tanker spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil in March 1989. An additional 360 were netted alive and brought to rehabilitation centers at Valdez, Seward, Homer and Kodiak. About 200 were later returned to Prince William Sound but some scientists say that as many as half may have perished and that the rehabilitation effort has been largely futile... The withholding of scientific information on the spill for legal reasons by all the parties is becoming a major source of controversy as research projects begin to generate at least preliminary data.

Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Science ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 302 (5653) ◽  
pp. 2082-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Ecosystem Response ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Fish and Wildlife Recovery Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
John A. Wiens ◽  
Ernest L. Brannon ◽  
David L. Garshelis ◽  
John Burns ◽  
Anne A. Hoover-Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Pink Salmon ◽  
Natural Variability ◽  
Harbor Seals ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
Habitat Occupancy

ABSTRACT The authors review studies of four taxa—pink salmon, sea otters, harbor seals, and several species of sea-birds—widely believed to have suffered severe impacts from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. These studies were conducted over a 10-year post-spill period and included pre-spill information where possible. They demonstrated earlier suggestions of negative impacts may have been unfounded (harbor seals) or the species either exhibited no obvious detrimental effects from the spill (pink salmon population runs, population density and habitat occupancy of half the 23 seabird species examined) or indicated impacts followed by clear evidence of subsequent recovery (sea otters, the remaining seabird species). These species' apparent resilience to perturbations such as oil spills may be related to these ecosystems' high natural variability. Evaluating spill effects is enhanced by long-term studies that recognize the natural variability of marine environments and use a rigorous study design. The results of such studies also must be interpreted objectively, free of preconceptions about spill effects and divorced from advocacy positions.

PCB exposure in sea otters and harlequin ducks in relation to history of contamination by the Exxon Valdez oil spill

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Ricca ◽  
A. Keith Miles ◽  
Brenda E. Ballachey ◽  
James L. Bodkin ◽  
Daniel Esler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
Harlequin Ducks ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pcb Exposure

Are sea otters being exposed to subsurface intertidal oil residues from the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.D. Boehm ◽  
D.S. Page ◽  
J.M. Neff ◽  
J.S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Sea Otters ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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