There was definitely a short term affect as Smalls stated it wasn't natural in the sense that it was a vast amount, but what ALWAYS seems to get ignored when talking about the BP spill is that it was NOT refined oil. This was not a tanker full of processed oil being dumped into the ocean i.e. Exxon Valdeze(sp).
Just my opinion but I think that is the major reason why the ecosystem here will recover/has recovered so much faster than other similar events.
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