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Science 19 March 1982:
Vol. 215. no. 4539, pp. 1503 - 1505
DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4539.1503
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Lumber Spill in Central California Waters: Implications for Oil Spills and Sea Otters

GLENN R. VANBLARICOM 1 and RONALD J. JAMESON 1

1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Simeon, California 93452-0067

A large quantity of lumber was spilled in the ocean off central California during the winter of 1978, and it spread through most of the range of the threatened California sea otter population within 4 weeks. The movement rates of lumber were similar to those of oil slicks observed elsewhere. These observations indicate that a major oil spill could expose significant numbers of California sea otters to oil contamination.

Submitted on August 18, 1981
Revised on November 30, 1981

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