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Oil and California’s Seabirds
H. R. Carter
The 1986 Apex Houston Oil Spill in Central California: Seabird Injury Assessment and Litigation Process
H. R. Carter, V. A. Lee, G. W. Page, M. W. Parker, R. G. Ford, G. Swartzman, S. W. Kress, B. R. Siskin, S. W. Singer, and D. M. Fry
Beached Bird Surveys and Chronic Oil Pollution in Central California
J. Roletto, J. Mortenson, I. Harrald, J. Hall, and L. Grella
Tank Vessel Operations, Seabirds and Chronic Oil Pollution in California
S. Hampton, P. R. Kelly, and H. R. Carter
Chronic Oiling and Seabird Mortality from the Sunken Vessel Ss Jacob Luckenbach in Central California
S. Hampton, R. G. Ford, H. R. Carter, C. Abraham, and D. Humple
Oil and Gas Operations Offshore California: Status, Risks, and Safety
M. D. McCrary, D. E. Panzer, and M. O. Pierson
Age and Sex of Common Murres Uria Aalge Recovered during the 1997-98 Point Reyes Tarball Incident in Central California
H. M. Nevins and H. R. Carter
A Historical Account of Oiled Wildlife Care in California
S. H. Newman, M. H. Ziccardi, A. B. Berkner, J. Holcomb, C. Clumpner, and J. A. K. Mazet
A Comparison of Two Methods to Estimate Breeding Productivity in a Colonial Ground-nesting Gull Larus Cachinnans
A. Martínez-Abraín, D. Oro, J. Izquierdo, V. Ferrís, and A. Belenguer
Replacement Laying in Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus Marmoratus
L. Tranquilla McFarlane, R. Bradley, N. Parker, D. Lank, and F. Cooke
Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax Carbo and Polychaetes: Can Worms Sometimes Be a Major Prey of a Piscivorous Seabird?
M. F. Leopold and C. J. G. Van Damme
Short Communications
Gray-backed Tern Sterna Lunata Breeding on Anatahan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
C. C. Kessler