The video "Investigating Ocean Pollution" by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California explores California's Bay. A research team is investigating industrial pollution at 6 different places in the Bay. Led by Demitri Deheyn, tests a common species of starfish from clean ocean water into the bay full of pollutants, and garbage. The video goes through all experiments made and how and why each step in the procedures were taken. Deheyn explains how the Brittle Stars did not survive very well but did not die. He also explained that the pollution sunk into and was absorbed by the sediment. If the pollutants cannot find sediment to attach to, it will find an organism. This video explains how industrial pollutants effect specific species of animals. It was extremely informative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjI7etw5rME
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