Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean Kirchman David L.
Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean Kirchman David L. Dead zones are on the rise...Human activity has caused an increase in uninhabitable, oxygen-poor zones--also…
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Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean Kirchman David L.
Dead zones are on the rise...Human activity has caused an increase in uninhabitable, oxygen-poor zones--also known as "dead zones"--in our waters. Yet many rivers, estuaries, coastal waters, and parts of the open ocean lack enough of it.In this book, David L. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe, and it is a necessity for nearly all life on Earth.
He 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. Kirchman explains the impacts of dead zones and provides an in-depth history of oxygen loss in water. 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.
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