Description |
1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
The Great Stinks -- Dead Zones Discovered in Coastal Waters -- Coastal Dead Zones in the Past -- What Happened in 1950? -- Giving the Land a Kick -- Liebig's Law and Haber's Tragedy -- The Case for Phosphorus -- Fish and Fisheries -- Dead Zones in the Oceans -- Reviving Dead Zones |
Summary |
Explains the impacts of dead zones and provides an in-depth history of oxygen loss in water. Details the role the agricultural industry plays in water pollution, showcasing how fertilizers contaminate water supplies and kickstart harmful algal blooms in local lakes, reservoirs, and coastal oceans. Algae decomposition requires so much oxygen that levels drop low enough to kill fish, destroy bottom-dwelling biota, reduce biological diversity, and rearrange food webs. We can't undo the damage completely, but we can work together to reduce the size and intensity of dead zones in places like the Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay, and the Baltic Sea |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed April 13, 2021) |
Subject |
Hypoxia (Water)
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Anoxic zones.
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Water -- Pollution.
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Aquatic ecology.
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Water chemistry.
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Water -- Oxygen content
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Stream chemistry.
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Water -- Pollution
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Hypoxia (Water)
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Aquatic ecology
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Anoxic zones
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Stream chemistry
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Water chemistry
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780197520383 |
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0197520383 |
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9780197520406 |
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0197520405 |
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9780197520390 |
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0197520391 |
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