TAKING SCIENTIFIC ADVANTAGE OF A DISASTROUS OIL SPILL

• Main Authors: R Haebler, D Horowitz, E Miller
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Canada; North Cape
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=80276

On 19 January 1996, the North Cape barge ran aground on Moonstone Beach in southern Rhode Island, releasing 828,000 gallons of refined oil. This opportunistic study was designed to take scientific advantage of the most severely affected seabird, the common loon (Gavia immer) . As a result of the spi...