Dead dolphins continue to wash ashore along the gulf coast and now a lot of sea turtles, most of them rare Kemp's ridleys. Despite the passage of 12 months, evidence of the spill's effects remain in the gulf. A recent study of the area around the spill by University of Georgia scientist Samantha Joye found dead corals, crabs and sea stars scattered on the sea floor, along with strings of bacterial slime.
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