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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 ...

In Full Bloom part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.vims.edu/bridge/archive0402.html

This website offers a brief overview of Red Tide and the toxic algae responsible for it. Several words and phrases within the summary are hyperlinked to more detailed explanations on remote sites. A ...

Northwest Fisheries Science Center Harmful Algal Blooms Program part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/

This NFSC website contains general information about harmful algal blooms (HABs), research being done regarding HABs, outreach resources to teach the public about the potentially harmful algae, and ...

Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.battelle.org/Environment/publications/EnvUpda...

This online newsletter gives a brief summary of societal impacts of harmful algal blooms and the Olympic Region Harmful Algal Bloom (ORHAB) project, a group funded by NOAA to forecast harmful algal ...

Mahogany Tides part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.serc.si.edu/education/resources/watershed/sto...

This Smithsonian K-12 Education website provides a brief overview of mahogany tide (also known as red tide) events. These events are caused by dinoflagellates, a special type of phytoplankton, and ...

Human Impacts on Catchments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.watercare.net/wll/himp-algalblooms.html

This website offers an explanation of red tide and other harmful algal blooms (HABs). It briefly explains what algal blooms are and what causes them. Designed for educatiors, the site also provides ...

Help! It's an HAB! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bigelow.org/edhab/help_hab.html

These web activities are part of a series of lessons that provide information and materials to teach students about the effects of harmful algal blooms (HABs) on fish as well as devising remediation ...

Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bigelow.org/hab/index.html

Primarily through the use of engaging graphics, this resource outlines where Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occur in U.S. waters. It also addresses the differences between toxic and non-toxic ...

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