Well if this is true what about the oil leak that Pemex had some 30 years ago i think that went on for 9 months. I never heard one word about it and know few details.
Anyone have the info on that and where exaactly was it?
I think it's on Wikipedia, too.
Gulf Oil Spill a "Dead Zone in the Making"?Infauna, or small organisms such as clams and tubeworms that live in ocean sediments, are vital food sources for shorebirds and other coastal animals.
After the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the area's infauna were reduced by up to 90 percent, Tunnell said—a potential reason many bird species left the area in the wake of the nine-month-long spill.
However, there may be a bright side: Organisms at the bottom of the food chain reproduce more rapidly than bigger animals, Tunnell pointed out by email. After the Ixtoc spill, infauna returned to pre-spill levels within about a year.
Some Ixtoc 1 highlights...
I also heard a Texas Gulf Coast fisherman talk about it on the radio. He said that two years after Ixtoc the beaches were back to normal and they had the biggest shrimp catches in years.