Temperature and the seasonal and geographical occurrence of oiled birds on west European beaches |
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| Authors: | W.R.P. Bourne C.J. Bibby |
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| Affiliation: | The Seabird Group, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, U.K.;Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds., U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Oiled birds appear to be a commoner aspect of oil pollution where it occurs with cold water-temperatures, whereas the formation of tar-balls becomes more prominent with warm ones, possibly because liquid oil becomes reduced to inert solid residues comparatively harmless to birds more rapidly at higher temperatures. |
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