COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Texas suffers hypoxic areas of its own making
Description: Researchers have documented periodic hypoxic zones - areas of water with very low levels of dissolved oxygen - off the Texas coast. These Texas zones are often not related to the more famous "Dead Zone" spreading from the mouth of the Mississippi River and, at their zenith, cover just one-fourth the area of their better-known cousin. [Source: Texas Sea Grant]
URL: http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/MediaReleases/press12/HypoxiaRelease.html
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Source: Texas Sea Grant
Publish Date: 8/2/2012
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