NOAA and University Scientists Launch Research Cruise to Determine Effects of Oil Spill on Endangered Whales

by Gary Kopycinski on July 2, 2010

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010. NOAA ship Gordon Gunter will depart todayto continue its mission to evaluate the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill on whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, including the endangered sperm whale.

This project includes leading researchers from Cornell University, Oregon State University, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who will work with NOAA scientists to monitor the distributions and movements of whales over the next several months.

Twenty-one…