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Assessing Pre-Oil Baseline Levels

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A USGS researcher deploys an SPMD near Cedar Key, Florida in advance of oil landfall from the Deepwater Horizon Spill. After remaining at a sampling site for up to 28 days, the special membrane inside the SPMD is retrieved and sent to a laboratory for analysis.

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Public Domain.