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Belly Up
Photograph courtesy P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish
A massive fish kill—discovered Friday in the Bayou Chaland area of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana—included porgie fish, redfish, shrimp, crabs, and freshwater eels. (Read the full story >>)
Published September 16, 2010
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Oil Impact?
Photograph courtesy P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish
Oil is visible among dead fish, which were discovered Friday in a Louisiana marsh that had been heavily impacted by the Gulf oil spill. (Read the full story >>)
Published September 16, 2010
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Suffocation Victims?
Photograph courtesy P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish
A huge fish kill discovered Friday in Louisiana was most likely caused by an annual "dead zone"—a region of very low oxygen content in the water—that forms off the Gulf of Mexico in summer. (Read the full story >>)
Published September 16, 2010
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