ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Researchers, including a marine biologist at USF St. Petersburg, are documenting steep declines in some deep-sea marine life in the Gulf and say the findings raise questions about the potentially lasting impact of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The EPA said in 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, which resulted in the death of 11 workers, making it the largest oil spill in the history of marine oil drilling operations…