Robertson et al.: Composition of beached marine birds from an oiling event in southeastern Newfoundland 141

The waters off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, have one of the highest incidences in the world of oiled birds washing ashore (Wiese & Ryan 2003). The preponderance of these oiling events are attributed to illegal discharges of oily bilge waters, because the

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Summary:The waters off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, have one of the highest incidences in the world of oiled birds washing ashore (Wiese & Ryan 2003). The preponderance of these oiling events are attributed to illegal discharges of oily bilge waters, because the