malaria, identified the anophelines responsible and incriminated the Mora-Lalli to be their breeding place. He recommended, among other measures, oiling the stream, clearing the station of jungle from the Dihang to the MoraLalli. filling in of puddles and pools and the prophylactic issue of mosquito-nets and quinine where practicable. The anophelines identified by him were the following:?A. mac...

Large numbers of Common Murres Uria aalge have been killed by oil spills off central California since the early 20th century (Carter et al. 2001). Common Murres are abundant near breeding colonies on the continental shelf in the Gulf of the Farallones region where oil spills occur from marine vessels visiting San Francisco Bay (Ainley & Lewis 1974, Briggs et al. 1987, Ainley et al. 1996, Manuwa...

It’s a depressingly familiar sight when an oil well blows or a tanker runs aground: thousands of stranded, helpless animals wallowing in cloying crude oil. ‘Birds are often used as the poster children for the deadly effects of oil’, says Ivan Maggini from Western University, Canada, recalling the shocking images of struggling animals that accompanied the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

Studies of oil spills on sand beaches have focused traditionally on the effects of shortterm oil exposure, with recovery of sand beach macrobenthic communities occurring within several weeks to several years. The Deepwater Horizon spill resulted in chronic, multi-year re-oiling and up to 4 yr of extensive and often intensive treatments. Of the 965 km of sand beaches that were oiled, shoreline t...