Photo & Art Essay compiled by Riki Ott, Cordova, Alaska
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28. The reproductive success of seabirds depends on the
lipid, or fat, content of their diet. With far fewer herring after the
spill, the seabirds switched to less desirable prey, and have not survived
as well. To this day, seabird colonies such as murres and kittiwakes have
not returned to anywhere close to prespill numbers because of the slow
recovery of herring.
(Riki Ott, personal collection)
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(Abbreviations used: ANF for Artists for Nature Foundation; CRWP for Copper River Watershed Project; EVOS Exxon Valdez Oil Spill)
Copyright © 1999 Survivors of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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