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News Release 12-057
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill's Effects on Deep-Water Corals
Damaged deep-sea corals discovered months after Deepwater Horizon spill
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Sea fan in the deep with anemone and brittle starfish clinging to coral branches.
Credit: Charles Fisher, PSU
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Oil bubbles in the wake of an oceanographic research vessel on its way to the Gulf spill site.
Credit: WHOI
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Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry is loaded onto a research vessel.
Credit: Rich Camilli, WHOI
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Upper portion of a yellow deep-sea octocoral with branches covered with brown material.
Credit: Charles Fisher, PSU
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Normally vibrant yellow deep-sea coral colonies with dark "wilted" branches.
Credit: Charles Fisher, PSU
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Deep-sea coral, now likely dead despite orange branch tips, with brittle starfish attached.
Credit: Charles Fisher, PSU
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