— The spring condition hypothesis (SCH) states that the current decline of the North American scaup population (Lesser [ Aythya affinis ] and Greater Scaup [ A. marila ] combined) is due to a decline in quality or availability of scaup foods on wintering, spring migration, or breeding areas that has caused a reduction in female body condition and subsequent reproductive success. Our previous re...

Jessie Dezutter, KU Leuven, Belgium Alan S. Waterman, The College of New Jersey, USA Seth J. Schwartz, University of Miami, USA Koen Luyckx, KU Leuven, Belgium Wim Beyers, Ghent University, Belgium Alan Meca, Florida International University, USA Su Yeong Kim, University of Texas, USA Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts, USA Byron L. Zamboanga, Smith College, USA Richard M. Lee...

The aim of the study is to analyze the oil spill pattern from various types of incidents and contaminants to determine the extent that incident data can be used as a baseline to prevent hazardous material releases and improve response activities at a state level. This study addresses the importance of collecting and sharing oil spill incidents as well as analytics using the data. Temporal, spat...