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Assessing Pre-Oil Baseline Levels

Detailed Description

To assess pre-oil baseline levels of petrochemicals in the waters off Florida's coastline, USGS scientists deployed semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) at 18 locations around Florida in advance of oil landfall from the Deepwater Horizon incident.

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Public Domain.