Only that kind of time will tell what the abundance of life in the Mississippi Delta and the Gulf of Mexico reveals about the long-term impacts of the oil that spewed from BP's Macondo well in 2010. "We are trying to link exposure to effect," Whitehead says. "We are asking the organisms themselves to tell us: 'Has there been a relevant exposure?'"

Editor's Note: Reporting for this article took place as a result of a fellowship from the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting at the University of Rhode Island.

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1. 1. poweringanation 03:18 PM 4/21/11

   One year in, the Gulf clearly still has a long way to go... Beyond wildlife, communities are also struggling to restore their livelihoods: http://bit.ly/ccU0Kk

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