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Block Island Time Series

A photo time series of a plot at a site on Block Island, Alaska, that was oiled and washed in 1989, after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. At this location, the course of recovery has not followed biologists' original expectations.

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Closeup of dark gray rock with heavy sprinkling of white barnacles

Block Island plot in 1991

The 1991 photo shows that a few more barnacles have recruited onto the rocky substrate.

(01.01.91, unknown)

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