Sunday, January 29, 2012

Long-term effects of Gulf oil spill on shrimp, other species is still unknown


This is a very interesting article showing  many difficulties encountered by scientists who are evaluating the long-lasting effects of oil spill on marine life. One of the main concerns is the issues of lack of pre-spill data about shrimp and other fish species lives to contrast the after effects of  oil spill. Short term data showed high levels of contamination and skin changes in fish species as demonstrated by LSU and South Florida researchers. The long term effects of this disaster is still unknown and more scientific research is needed. 






1 comment:

  1. Hi Irma,

    Guess what? You can use this information for your debate! The topic of eating seafood has been very scary since the oil spill because nobody is sure which seafood is clean and which seafood still has oil.

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