A Louisiana Heron rests in the fragile wetlands near the town of Venice, in the path of the oil spill that is creeping towards the coast of Louisiana on April 29, 2010.

4月29日，一只路易斯安那苍鹭在这片靠近威尼斯镇的生态环境及其脆弱的湿地中小憩，这片湿地正是此次浮油蔓延向路易斯安那海域的必经之地。

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Charles R. Fisher, a professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University, has studied the alien communities and says some are now in the path of the undersea oil plume.

宾夕法尼亚州立大学的生物学教授查尔斯·费舍尔是专门研究管状蠕虫的专家，他说在海底漏出油污浮起的路径上正生长着一些蠕虫。

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Up to 5, 000 bottlenose dolphins may be calving in the path of the Gulf oil spill, according to Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi.

密西西比海湾港海洋哺乳动物研究所的主任莫比·索朗基表示，在泄漏油污行进的海域中，有多达5000只宽吻海豚在繁衍下一代。

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The results produce a map of the oil spill and its path.

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