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- Elizabeth Barrette (
ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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BP Oil Spill: Look Beneath the Surface
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Birdfeeding
Today is sunny, muggy, and quite warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches, doves, and a male rose-breasted grosbeak. :D I picked half a bag…
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Monday Update 7-5-21
These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them: Recipe: "Shrimp and Baby Corn Stir-Fry" Birdfeeding…
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I saw a rose-breasted grosbeak on the hopper feeder. I don't think I've seen one in summer before. They usually appear in spring. We had some for…
May 27 2010, 22:57:39 UTC 11 years ago
What really troubles me about that is they only went down 25 feet, and they were already losing light. In the Gulf of Mexico I'd expect to have true colors down to about 60 feet, and to only lose red at that depth. The oil is doing awful things to visibility, which must be making things horrible for the fish and other aquatic life. (Of course having oil all over their skin can't be helping either.)
Well...
May 27 2010, 23:58:14 UTC 11 years ago
That alone will cut most of the bottom layer out of the food chain, the phytoplankton, followed by the zooplankton that feed on them and the filter feeders that eat both. Filter feeders are hosed anyway because of the emulsion effect. Off the top of my head, I don't know how important rooted or free-floating seaweeds are in that part of the ocean, but if present they'll have their light cut off too and that kills or weakens most plants. That brings us up into the predators, who are going to be hit slower as their herbivorous food sources go the way of the plants. And as I keep trying to remind people, WE eat out of that ocean -- which we won't be able to do safely anymore, not that it's likely to stop people.
May 28 2010, 08:05:31 UTC 11 years ago
*bow, flourish*
May 28 2010, 17:56:04 UTC 11 years ago