Tracking long-distance migration to assess marine pollution impact

• Published in: Biology letters (2005) Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 218 - 221
• Main Authors: Montevecchi, William, Fifield, David, Burke, Chantelle, Garthe, Stefan, Hedd, April, Rail, Jean-François, Robertson, Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 23.04.2012
• Subjects: Animal Migration; Animals; Birds - physiology; Canada; Conservation Biology; Deepwater Horizon; Gulf of Mexico; Long-Distance Migrant; Marine; Mortality; Morus bassanus; Petroleum Pollution - adverse effects; Pollution Impact; Remote Sensing Technology; Risk Assessment; Satellite Communications; Seabird Mortality; Tracking; United States; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Canada; United States; Gulf of Mexico; ANW, Canada; ASW, Mexico Gulf

Animal tracking provides new means to assess far-reaching environmental impacts. In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a long-distance migrant, the northern gannet (Morus bassanus) suffered the highest oiling among beach-wrecked birds recovered. Analysis of bird-...