[PCA] NEWS: Oil threatens key Gulf algae and its ecosystem

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Jun 22 08:48:45 CDT 2010


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_sea_holly

Oil threatens key Gulf algae and its ecosystem
By Ramit Plushnick-masti, Associated Press Writer -- 2 hrs 23 mins ago

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- It looks dirty and muddy, a brown mass of weeds 
with gas-filled berries that allow it to float on the Gulf of Mexico's 
waters. Sometimes it washes ashore, getting caught in the toes of barefoot 
beachgoers or stuck to the bottom of flip-flops.

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