Births down and deaths up in Gulf dolphins

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/nh-bda110315.php

Public Release: 3-Nov-2015
Births down and deaths up in Gulf dolphins
Study looks at impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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A NOAA-led team of scientists is reporting a high rate of reproductive failure in dolphins exposed to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The team has monitored these bottlenose dolphins in heavily-oiled Barataria Bay for five years following the spill. Their findings, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society today, suggest that the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be long-lasting.

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