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Barbara Schroeder on the Gulf oil spill’s impact on sea turtles

EarthSky

Scientists are reporting a dramatic increase in dead and debilitated sea turtles found since the Gulf oil spill in April 2010. EarthSky spoke with Barbara Schroeder, national sea turtle coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. She’s leading the official rescue response for sea turtles across the Gulf of Mexico.

科學(xué)研究表明，自今年4月墨西哥灣發(fā)生漏油事故以來(lái)，已出現(xiàn)大批海龜死亡或衰弱。記者就此采訪了芭芭拉·施羅德，國(guó)家海洋與大氣管理局NOAA國(guó)家海龜保護(hù)事業(yè)專員。她是墨西哥灣海龜官方救援計(jì)劃的總指揮。

Barbara Schroeder: We’re seeing some of the direct effects now. We’re recovering dead and debilitated turtles that are oiled.

芭芭拉·施羅德：我們已經(jīng)看到，救援工作取得了直接成效，因油污死亡、衰落的海龜?shù)玫搅司戎巍?/div>

Since the spill began in April until mid-June, response teams have found about 380 dead sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s about five times as many as last year for the same period according to NOAA. Scientists aren’t yet exactly sure why the turtles are dying.

從4月漏油事故爆發(fā)到6月中旬，救援隊(duì)共發(fā)現(xiàn)死海龜380只左右。NOAA表示，海龜死亡數(shù)量比去年同期增長(zhǎng)了4倍。其確切死因科學(xué)家仍不得而知。

Barbara Schroeder: What we do know is that there are significant numbers of turtles that are being affected by the oil, and that will continue for as long as the spill continues and the oil is out there.

芭芭拉·施羅德：我們掌握到的情況是，有相當(dāng)數(shù)量的海龜油污的影響。只要漏油尚未得到控制，海上仍漂浮著油污，這種情況就會(huì)一直持續(xù)下去。

Schroeder said that it’s too early to tell what the effects of the spill will be on surviving turtle populations.

施羅德稱，要預(yù)測(cè)油污將對(duì)活著的海龜種群造成何種影響還為時(shí)尚早。

Barbara Schroeder: There may be effects that are not sufficient to kill an animal, but interfere with its reproductive capacity. So maybe it’s a female, and in the future, maybe she doesn’t lay as many eggs.

芭芭拉·施羅德：也許油污還不足以殺死一只動(dòng)物，但是會(huì)影響它的繁殖能力。也許雌性海龜將來(lái)的產(chǎn)卵量會(huì)下降。

Turtles found alive, said Schroeder, are washed inside and out before being released back to sea.

施羅德表示，救援隊(duì)找到活著的海龜后，會(huì)將它里外的油污洗凈再放歸大海。?

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