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Photo collage of six species of invertebrates.
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Invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico

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The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill.
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Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

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This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Microbes and Climate

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A diagram of cephalopod suction
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An Octopus' Tight Grip

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The coring device Maggie used to sample peat in Belizean mangroves. 
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Coring Device for Mangroves

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a thick multicolored oil sheen on the water inside a boat marina
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Oil on the Water

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Colorful crustaceans from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
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Colorful Caribbean Crustaceans

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an orange coral at the bottom of the ocean
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A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection

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a white coral on the seafloor
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An Ocean Heat Wave Reaches to the Seafloor

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

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