Popular Sport Fish Are Behaviorally Impaired from Exposure to Crude Oil, Study Finds (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Popular Sport Fish Are Behaviorally Impaired from Exposure to Crude Oil, Study Finds

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The R/V F.G. Walton Smith positioned in the Gulf of Mexico was the platform for scientists to catch mahi-mahi, fit them with satellite tags programmed to collect temperature, depth, acceleration, and location information, and expose them to either oil or control conditions in experimental tanks before releasing them back in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Grosell Lab, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

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