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- Researchers documented a 60% overall decline in Gulf of Mexico marine life after BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill.
- Tracey Sutton, a biological oceanographer at Nova Southeastern University, reported a 72% krill decline.
- Fish populations fell 63.5% in the Gulf’s twilight zone.
- Large crustaceans dropped 62% in the same twilight zone.
- Oil and dispersants accumulated in fish eggs, causing developmental damage to deep-water species.