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 hotlink to the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, which documents the plan for improving water quality in the bay. This site features color diagrams of the dead zone as well as graphs of the dissolved oxygen content.
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Marine Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: General Public, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12) Extreme Environments: Anoxic Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine Topics: Hydrosphere/Cryosphere:Surface Water, Ocean, Biosphere:Microbiology, Ecology:Food Webs, Habitats:Marine, Water ColumnKeyword: poor water quality
