Biodiversity and Conservation
How do oil spills impact fiddler crabs?
What happened with fiddler crabs in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
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What happened with fiddler crabs in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Scientists wanted to find out if there was a connection between the number of shrimp (prey) and fish (predators) in the Gulf of Mexico.
+ Introductory video
+ Links to oil spill lesson plans
+ Link to a bioremediation cleanup experiment
