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Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.

Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.
Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.
Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.
Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.
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BOEM & NOAA OER (left) and Charles Fisher (right)
Comparison of Deep Water Horizon oil spill effects on coral.
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12/30/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 49, no. 3, pg. 9:
Several months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists twice visited deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico. Many corals were covered with brown material and had suffered tissue loss. One coral, shown below, had one branch (circled) showing signs of recovery on the second visit, and some branch tips (arrows) were alive at both times.
Left image, caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 7 timeline:
2014: Alvin responds to the Deepwater Horizon crisis, investigating impacts of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BOEM & NOAA OER (left) and Charles Fisher (right)
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