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News Release 10-133
Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Funds Research on Impacts to Florida Everglades
Extensive seagrass beds, mangrove forests to be studied
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NSF has awarded a Gulf oil spill rapid response grant to study the Florida Everglades.
Credit: National Park Service
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Dense seagrass meadows on the western edge of Florida Bay support many aquatic animals.
Credit: Justin Campbell
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Small tidal creeks lined with the roots of red mangroves are especially vulnerable to oil spills.
Credit: Steve Davis
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Researchers Bryan Delius and Derek Burkholder take a small sample from a bull shark.
Credit: Mike Heithaus
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Biologist Bill Loftus with a snook, a highly-prized game fish of the mangrove forest.
Credit: Jennifer Rehage
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Scientist Adam Rosenblatt holding a young American alligator, a top mangrove forest predator.
Credit: Rand Rosenblatt
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