Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Sea Turtles

Sea turtles have been at risk of exposure in many oil spills particularly in the caribbean and gulf of mexico. Waters are listed as threatened or endangered under the us.

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Gulf of mexico oil spill sea turtles. The northern gulf of mexico is home to 22 species of marine mammals including manatees in coastal seagrasses and dolphins and whales in estuarine nearshore and offshore habitats. Last thursday a leak from an undersea pipeline spilled just over 88000 gallons on oil in the gulf of mexico. In late march 2017 more than 100 attendees gathered in person and online to listen to leaders in oil spill science emergency response animal rescue and natural resource management share their knowledge and experience related to the impacts of oil spills on sea turtles.

Most of the turtles found so far are kemps ridleys which are an endangered species. Students use a map of the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill to discuss how sea turtles are affected by oil. The pipeline located about 97 miles off the louisiana coast is operated by shell oil.

Noaas current response efforts in the gulf of mexico noaa is no longer directly responding to injured or dead dolphins and sea turtles in the gulf of mexico as direct marine mammal and sea turtle oil spill response efforts ended in may 2011. Most reports of sea turtle impacts are from florida or the caribbean. Loggerhead kemps ridley green turtle hawksbill and leatherback.

But there is no story as tragic as the plight of the sea turtles. Gulf of mexico oil spill. The seemingly endless oil disaster in the gulf of mexico is killing countless sea animals and sea birds large and small.

Five species of sea turtles live in the gulf of mexico. The only place in the world where kemps ridley turtles nest is the western gulf of mexico. They are currently in peak nesting season and their foraging grounds are located in the spill area.

The deepwater horizon oil rig exploded on april 20 2010 killing 11 people and spewing more than 200 million gallons 750 million liters of oil into the gulf of mexico. Coast guard uscg and shell used on water recovery vessels to skim over 84000 gallons of oily water from the gulf. As weve seen in the gulf of mexico in recent years oil spills represent yet another danger for these air breathing reptiles that rely on clean water and clean beaches.

Sea turtles and the gulf of mexico oil spill students research five species of sea turtles and compare and contrast their size diet habitat rangedistribution and reproduction.

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