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1. • • Oil floating on the water’s surface can be deposited directly on corals in an intertidal zone when the water level drops at low tide. Rough seas can mix lighter oil products into the water column (like shaking up a bottle of salad dressing), where they can drift down to coral reefs.
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   How does oil affect coral reefs?

   • Coral reefs can come in contact with oil in three major ways: Oil floating on the water’s surface can be deposited directly on corals in an intertidal zone when the water level drops at low tide. Rough seas can mix lighter oil products into the water column (like shaking up a bottle of salad dressing), where they can drift down to coral reefs.

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   Where did the Deepwater Horizon oil slick affect coral reefs?

   • Located between 35 and 67 miles from the leaking well, corals on the reefs were likely to have been exposed to oil and dispersant that sank from the surface down toward the seafloor. These reefs were measured against two other reef sites more than 120 miles beyond the leaking well and below the Deepwater Horizon oil slick less than three days.

   Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in Shallower Water

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   How does NOAA respond to oil spills near coral reefs?

   • As oil spill responders, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration has to take these and many other factors into account during an oil spill near coral reefs. For example, if the spill resulted from a ship running aground on a reef, we need to consider the environmental impacts of the options for removing the ship.

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   How did the oil spill affect coral reefs?

   • Within roughly 16 miles of the leaking wellhead, researchers discovered sickened and damaged deep-sea corals, often coated in a clumpy brown material containing petroleum, and the sediments showed evidence of out-of-balance communities of tiny invertebrates inhabiting the seafloor sediments, whose diversity took a nose dive after the spill.

   Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in Shallower Water

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   Did Deepwater Horizon oil spill damage coral reefs?

   • OCT. 26, 2015 — In the months and years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, damage and poor health were found in a swath of deep-sea coral reefs and related marine life at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

   Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in Shallower Water

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   What can I learn about coral reefs?

   • You can learn more about coral reefs, such as the basic biology of corals, how damaged coral reefs can recover from an oil spill or be restored after a ship grounding, and what we've learned about oil spills in tropical reefs.

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3. response.restoration.noaa.gov › oil-and-chemicalDeepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in ...

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   Nov 8, 2022 · Previous oil spill studies focused on deep-sea coral communities 4,000 feet under the ocean, located near the leaking wellhead. While the Pinnacle Trend reefs are shallower and more remote, they were below the surface oil slick that persisted for several weeks.

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5. ocean.si.edu › conservation › gulf-oil-spillFive Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

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   Led by Özgökmen, the CARTHE team of oceanographers and engineers found a new tool during the Gulf spill: the oil slick itself. By some estimates, the slick covered almost 4,000 square miles by the end of April 2010.

6. www.noaa.gov › explainers › oil-spills-major-marineOil spills: A major marine ecosystem threat | National ...

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   Jul 25, 2016 · Oil usually spreads out rapidly across the water’s surface to form a thin oil slick. As the oil continues spreading, the slick becomes thinner and thinner, finally becoming a very thin sheen, which often looks like a rainbow.

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8. reefbites.com › 2021/02/04 › a-slippery-slope-coralA slippery slope: coral reefs and oil spills – Reefbites

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   Feb 4, 2021 · According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there are three main methods through which oil comes into contact with coral: oil floating on the surface of the water deposited directly onto corals when the tide level drops, rough tides mixing lighter oil directly into the water column, where it can float downward and ...

9. ocean.si.edu › conservation › gulf-oil-spillDeep Gulf Restoration After a Monumental Oil Spill

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   For 87 days, oil spewed from the wellhead resulting in an oil slick that covered an area the size of Virginia. Carried by ocean currents, wind, and waves, oil traveled to shore, eventually contaminating 1,300 miles of coastline from Texas to Florida.

10. www.nature.com › articles › s41598/020/62574-yChanges in Reef Fish Community Structure Following the ...

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    Apr 9, 2020 · Here, we report a time series that captures both direct and indirect effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWH) on northern Gulf of Mexico (nGoM) reef fish communities.