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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Fill us all in, what entire ecosystem was devasted?
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Coastal ecosystems around the spill area and in general to where the oil drifted, where the oil hit hardest.
Oh, you wanted some links:
http://www.theguardian.com/environme...o-bp-oil-spill
"Dead and dying deep sea corals were discovered seven miles from the Deepwater Horizon well." (coral reefs are considered as ecosystems)
https://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Prote...-Wildlife.aspx
"The team discovered a colony of hard coral with subtle impacts but as they kept moving they eventually found a large community of dead and dying coral.
“From the moment we arrived it was evident that these corals were severely impacted by something. This is the first evidence of an impact in the deep sea to animal communities,” said Fisher. Many of the colonies appeared to be dead with little or no living tissue. There was also a notable lack of colonization by other marine life and that many of the brittle stars appeared to be very discolored and immobile."
http://blog.nwf.org/2010/11/coral-da...mpacts-linger/