The “Exxon Valdez” oil spill in Alaska: Acute, indirect and chronic effects on the ecosystem

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Status, trends and the future of the marine pelagic ecosystem (2002, background): “Approximately 250 000 sea birds, 2800 sea otters, 300 harbour seals, 22 killer whales, and untold billions of eggs and larvae belonging to salmon, herring and other fishes died (EVOSRP [Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Recovery Plan] 1999; Peterson 2001).”
State of the World’s Fisheries (2003, background): “Oil spills have been decreasing over the past 30 years, but they continue to be more devastating than oil exploration due to their intensity (23), and the ecological damage from the 1989 Exxon Valdezspill is widely considered the worst ever (25).”
Long-term direct and indirect effects of the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill on pigeon guillemots in Prince William Sound, Alaska (2002, result): “Our study fits into a larger context of work that reports on effects of EVOS on a wide assemblage of marine organisms (reviewed by Peterson 2001) including invertebrates (Fukuyama et al. 2000), fishes (Jewett et al. 2002), mammals (Bowyer et al. 1995, BenDavid et al. 2001, Bodkin et al. 2002, Dean…”