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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Pristane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane) concentrations in mussels (Mytilus trossulus) increase abruptly during spring in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska. This increase is mainly due to ingestion by mussels of pristane-laden feces produced by near-shore zooplanktivores, especially juvenile pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). Examination of the trophic and temporal distribution of prista...

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

This project investigated population status, habitat use and trophic interactions of harbor seals in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska. Aerial counts to monitor population trend indicated a 3.3% annual decline during 1990-1999. Counts were 20% lower in 1999 than in 1990, and >50% lower than in 1988. We sampled 390 seals during 1992-2000 and satellite-tagged 47 non-pups and 27 pups. Most tagged...

Exxon Valdez: 25 years later.

AFTER I WAS CALLED UPON IN 2010, AS DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TO HELP WITH well control and fl ow estimation for the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, I reviewed what had been learned from the Exxon Valdez (EV) oil spill. Although EV and DWH differed in their spill characteristics and impacts, I suspected that insight gained in the decades since EV could help guide how to best in...

Ensuring that research governance supports rather than stifles research.

the ones I most often use, but when I’m conscious of a consultation going wrong, the problem usually lies deeper. You only have to ask: ‘Do I give patients who irritate me a worse deal?’ to appreciate the importance of attitudes in human communication. But do attitudes determine skills, or can attitudes be forged by attention to skills? It’s an ancient debate, neatly articulated by Skelton. Inn...