RECOVER
RECOVER is a research team dedicated to further the understanding of oil induced effects on fish and their potential for recovery
The largest marine oil spill in U.S. history spanned 87 days during the spring and summer of 2010, during which the blown out DWH Macondo wellhead released approximately 4 million barrels of crude oil into the northern Gulf of Mexico. The DWH disaster oiled large portions of open ocean as well as over 1,600 km of shoreline. In addition, the spill overlapped with the spawning events of a number of
29/11/2022
Very fortunate to have some of our recent work featured on NPR:
'Massive numbers': New Gulf oil spill study finds even deadlier impact on one of Florida's most popular fish Field research on the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill found that heart, vision and hearing damage caused to mahi mahi populations by even low amounts of oil can cut the chances of survival within a week to just half.
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