Oil spills and marine mammals in British Columbia, Canada: development and application of a risk-based conceptual framework

• Main Authors: Jarvella Rosenberger, Adrianne, MacDuffee, Misty, Rosenberger, Andrew, Ross, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2018
• Subjects: Fresh Water Studies; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; British Columbia; Canada; baleen whales; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/301

Marine mammals are inherently vulnerable to oil spills. We developed a conceptual framework to evaluate the impacts of potential oil exposure on marine mammals and applied it to 21 species inhabiting coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada. Oil spill vulnerability was determined by examining both the...