Study: Dispersants may have hurt Gulf food chain
by Associated Press Published: August 1,2012
Tags: Alabama, Alice Ortmann, BP, british petroleum, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, gulf of mexico, Louisiana, Michael Crosby, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mote Marine Laboratory, plankton, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of South Alabama
A study on possible effects of the 2010 BP oil spill indicates dispersants may have killed plankton — some of the ocean’s tiniest plants and creatures — and disrupted the food chain in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the nation’s richest seafood grounds. Scientists who read the study said it points toward major future [...] [...]
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