[Coral-List] BP Crude Oil Found in Heterotrophic Corals
Eugene Shinn
eugeneshinn at mail.usf.edu
Wed Apr 10 14:54:21 EDT 2013
Steve, I am not sure what you mean by "predatory corals" but would like
to point out that at least 6,000 natural oil seeps have been documented
in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Generally they are associated with seep
comunities that include several deep water coral species that include
/Lophylia sp/. Drilling is not allowed on such seep associated
communities. For more go to
<http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12lophelia/welcome.html> I
doubt if the oil in these seeps can be distinguisehed from BP oil if it
does not contain the sufactant Corexit that was used to break up the
oil. That would be the only way to proove if the oil is from the BP
blowout. Gene
I-- No Rocks, No Water, No Ecosystem (EAS)
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