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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 a light scattering of white barnacles

Block Island plot in 1990
(01.01.90, unknown) 1990

Closeup of dark gray rock with heavy sprinkling of white barnacles

Block Island plot in 1991
(01.01.91, unknown) 1991

Closeup of dark gray rock with sprinking of white barnacles

Block Island plot in 1992
(01.01.92, unknown) 1992

Closeup of rock covered with brown fucus

Block Island plot in 1993
(01.01.93, unknown) 1993

Closeup of dark gray rock with some fucus

Block Island plot in 1994
(01.01.94, unknown) 1994

Closeup of dark gray rock  with some fucus

Block Island plot in 1995
(01.01.95, unknown) 1995

Related Pages on Our Site
  • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Overview of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Includes links to many related resources, including photo galleries.
  • Graphing Changes in Marine Life Abundance Try your hand at some marine biology! Follow these steps, designed for middle and high school students, to make a study of the marine life occupying a section, or quadrat, of Mearns Rock.
  • Resiliency of the Sound The intertidal habitats of Prince William Sound have proved to be surprisingly resilient.
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