The ecosystem response to the 1989 spill of oil from the Exxon Valdez into Prince William
Sound, Alaska, shows that current practices for assessing ecological risks of oil in the …

Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being
discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based …

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species
Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing …

The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

Ecologists and conservation biologists are keenly interested in how patterns of species
diversity change across spatial scales. We examined how additive partitioning can be used …

Crude petroleum, refined petroleum products, and individual polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) contained within petroleum are found throughout the world. Their …

Following the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989, effects were observed
across a wide range of habitats and species. The data allow us to evaluate direct and …

An unprecedented era of climatic volatility is altering ecosystems across our planet. The
potential scale, pace and consequences of this global change have been modelled …

In species management and conservation, surrogate species or groups of species can be
used as proxies for broader sets of species when the number of species of concern is too …

Pyrolysis of contaminated soils at 420° C converted recalcitrant heavy hydrocarbons into
“char”(a carbonaceous material similar to petroleum coke) and enhanced soil fertility …