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Restoring Life to the Dead Zone: Addressing Gulf Hypoxia, a National Problem part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/016-00.pdf

This USGS fact sheet provides an introductory synopsis of some of the causes of poor water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone is caused by increased nutrients from the Mississippi River, ...

Elusive dead zone tracked in the Pacific part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5684798/

This MSNBC newspaper article provides general information about poor water quality off the Oregon coast. The article recounts how scientists are hunting for very low levels of oxygen, a sign of what ...

More Nitrogen Upstream, Fewer Filters Downstream part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.lacoast.gov/watermarks/2004-09/2nitrogen/

This USGS-sponsored site provides an explanation for the low oxygen conditions of the "dead zone" stemming from the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico watersheds. The factors that ...

Water Sheds and Water Quality part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.isws.illinois.edu/wss/waterquality.asp

This Illinois DNR pdf file contains a collection of activities to teach students in grades 5-9 about watersheds and pollution. Activities include "What is a Watershed?," ...

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/products/pubs_hypox.html

This Ohio State University power point presentation offers a step-by-step explanation for the Mississippi River delta oxygen-poor zone. The presentation identifies and explores key vocabulary, ...

The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=548

This Chesapeake Bay Foundation fact sheet provides information regarding the cause and growth of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. The site also addresses possible solutions to the hypoxia and includes a ...

Dead zones off New Jersey part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.geotimes.org/mar05/NN_NJdeadzone.html

This Geotimes article gives a brief overview of the New Jersey dead zone. Unlike the Mississippi delta hypoxia, which is thought to occur from nutrient overloading from farms along the Mississippi ...

Potential societal and economic impacts of wastewater nutrient removal and recycling part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.iwaponline.com/wst/04801/wst048010011.htm

This scholarly article documents possible effects of nutrient pollution on estuaries and coastal waters. These effects include the impairment of ecosystems (food webs) and major reductions or ...

Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/

This EPA site provides links to introductory information about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. It offers answers to questions such as: what is the hypoxic zone, how did it form, what strategies are ...

Nutrient Management part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.iowadnr.com/water/nonpoint/files/ppt_ns.pdf

This Iowa DNR PowerPoint presentation educates the public about sources of excess nutrients in the Mississippi River and outlines preventative steps to stop the influx. It is directed toward Iowa ...

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