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A 10-year study of Chesapeake Bay fishes provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that low-oxygen "dead zones" are impacting the distribution and abundance of "demersal" fishes -- those that live and feed near the Bay bottom. The affected species -- which include Atlantic croaker, white perch, spot, striped bass, and summer flounder -- are a key part of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and support important commercial and recreational fisheries. [Source: ScienceDaily]
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