The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone
http://www.cbf.org/issues/dead-zones/index.html

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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.

This resource is referenced here:

• Microbial Life:Topics of Interest:Dead Zone: The Dead Zone General Collection

Subject: Biology:Ecology:Principles, Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Oceanography
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), General Public
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Ecology, Hydrology/Hydrogeology, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Water, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:OceanographyKeyword: poor water quality