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Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea May Need Decades to Recover From Oil Spill

• arclein
The closer the team surveyed to the well, the less diversity of marine life they found. Nearest the disaster site, crustaceans and shellfish suffered greatly; these creatures are particularly sensitive to pollutants in the deep sea. Worms were still numerous, although their numbers declined closer to the well.

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