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Bird reproduction collapsed after oil spill

Study of shag colonies on Spanish coast shows lingering effect of 2002 Prestige disaster.

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  1. Barros, A., Álvarez, D. & Velando, A. Biol. Lett. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1041 (2014).

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Kaplan, M. Bird reproduction collapsed after oil spill. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.15130

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