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Author Kirchman, David L., author.

Title Dead zones : the loss of oxygen from rivers, lakes, seas, and the ocean / David L. Kirchman
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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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)
Anoxic zones.
Water -- Pollution.
Aquatic ecology.
Water chemistry.
Water -- Oxygen content
Stream chemistry.
Water -- Pollution
Hypoxia (Water)
Aquatic ecology
Anoxic zones
Stream chemistry
Water chemistry
Form Electronic book
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