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Last year, the California Department of Fish and Game proposed putting aerators into the marsh to prevent the buildup of oxygen-depleted water that kills steelhead, Mr. Larson says.
Tiny Town Is Awash in Water Woes Justin Scheck 2012
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This damage occurred against a backdrop of decades-long challenges ranging from the loss and degradation of wetlands and barrier islands along the coast to formation of oxygen-depleted "dead zones" in the northern Gulf to overfishing and lost fisheries productivity.
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso: A Resolution for Gulf Restoration: An Open Letter to President Obama and the Five Gulf State Governors Dennis Takahashi-Kelso 2012
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In the oxygen-depleted areas, the expedition team saw little wildlife.
Kristian Parker: Baltic Sea Expedition Shows Importance of Marine Protected Areas Kristian Parker 2011
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In the oxygen-depleted areas, the expedition team saw little wildlife.
Kristian Parker: Baltic Sea Expedition Shows Importance of Marine Protected Areas Kristian Parker 2011
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This damage occurred against a backdrop of decades-long challenges ranging from the loss and degradation of wetlands and barrier islands along the coast to formation of oxygen-depleted "dead zones" in the northern Gulf to overfishing and lost fisheries productivity.
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso: A Resolution for Gulf Restoration: An Open Letter to President Obama and the Five Gulf State Governors Dennis Takahashi-Kelso 2012
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In the oxygen-depleted areas, the expedition team saw little wildlife.
Kristian Parker: Baltic Sea Expedition Shows Importance of Marine Protected Areas Kristian Parker 2011
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An oxygen-depleted "dead zone" the size of New Jersey (well, figures!) is starving sea life near the coast of Oregon and Washington.
Boing Boing 2009
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Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, made from fossil fuels, overload the soil with nutrients, which run off into waterways and out to sea, stimulating the growth of algae and causing oxygen-depleted dead zones.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, made from fossil fuels, overload the soil with nutrients, which run off into waterways and out to sea, stimulating the growth of algae and causing oxygen-depleted dead zones.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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Hardy creatures with big appetites, they can survive in oxygen-depleted swimming pools for many months, eating up to 500 larvae a day and giving birth to 60 fry a month.
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