This loss will have cascading adverse effects on all of the organisms that use the reefs. Two years later, four employees were killed, 16 were injured and more than 300 people were evacuated after Pemex’s Abkatun A-Permanente platform also on the Gulf of. They also serve as filters to improve water quality. The fire is the latest incident to affect Pemex’s operations, after a build-up of gas caused an explosion at the company’s Mexico City headquarters, killing 37 people. Oyster reefs serve as habitat for other aquatic organisms such as shellfish, crabs, and finfish. These losses will affect reproduction and recruitment over multiple generations. Billions of shellfish were killed by oil that reached the shoreline, as well as by river water that was released into the Gulf during the response to the spill.
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