Salazar Sandie
Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2003;47(7-8):313-8. doi: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00160-7.
Following the Jessica oil spill, a total of 79 oiled Galápagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) were recorded around the islands of San Cristóbal, Santa Fé, Isabela and Floreana. Almost half of these animals required washing and other treatment. One sea lion death and a high incidence of conjunctivitis and burns were detected during the period of the oil spill. Sea lion populations exhibited a tendency for decline in the first months following the spill at all three colonies monitored close to the grounding site on San Cristóbal. By comparison, declines of similar magnitude occurred at only one of six sea lion colonies monitored on islands more distant from the spill. However, no significant decreases in population numbers were detected for any colony in the year following the spill. Galápagos sea lion populations were partially recovering from the much more catastrophic impact of the 1997/98 El Niño.
在杰西卡号漏油事件之后，在圣克里斯托瓦尔岛、圣菲岛、伊莎贝拉岛和弗洛雷阿纳岛周边共记录到79只被油污覆盖的加拉帕戈斯海狮（Zalophus wollebaeki）。这些动物中近一半需要清洗和其他治疗。在漏油期间，检测到一只海狮死亡，结膜炎和烧伤的发病率很高。在圣克里斯托瓦尔岛搁浅地点附近监测的所有三个海狮聚居地，海狮数量在漏油后的头几个月都呈现出下降趋势。相比之下，在距离漏油地点较远的岛屿上监测的六个海狮聚居地中，只有一个出现了类似幅度的下降。然而，在漏油后的一年里，没有任何一个聚居地的海狮数量出现显著减少。加拉帕戈斯海狮种群正在从1997/98年厄尔尼诺现象造成的更具灾难性的影响中部分恢复。
