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Judi Crouch

Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico - 2 views

www.gulfhypoxia.net/Overview

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shared by Judi Crouch on 12 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Hypoxia, or oxygen depletion, is an environmental phenomenon where the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the water column decreases to a level that can no longer support living aquatic organisms.
  • Hypoxic and anoxic (no oxygen) waters have existed throughout geologic time, but their occurrence in shallow coastal and estuarine areas appears to be increasing as a result of human activities (Diaz and Rosenberg, 1995). The largest hypoxic zone currently affecting the United States, and the second largest hypoxic zone worldwide, occurs in the northern Gulf of Mexico adjacent to the Mississippi River on the Louisiana/Texas continental shelf.
  • What causes hypoxia? Major events leading to the formation of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico include: Freshwater discharge and nutrient loading of the Mississippi River Nutrient-enhanced primary production, or eutrophication Decomposition of biomass by bacteria on the ocean floor Depletion of oxygen due to stratification
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  • Mississippi River nutrient concentrations and loading to the adjacent continental shelf have greatly changed in the last half of the 20th century. During this time there has been a marked increase in the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorous in the Lower Mississippi River. This increase has been attributed to the increased use of nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizers,
  • Eutrophication
  • eutrophication initiates a massive growth of phytoplankton on the water’s surface.
  • This stratification leaves the bottom layer isolated from the surface layer and cut off from a normal resupply of oxygen from the atmosphere.
  • Hypoxia was first documented in the northern Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 1972.
  • Judi Crouch on 12 Apr 10
     
    Good intro to the concept of "dead zones" (hypoxia)
  • Judi Crouch on 12 Apr 10
     
    This is a good introduction to the concept of a "dead zone."
  • Judi Crouch on 12 Apr 10
     
    What does anthropogenically mean?
Girija H

Plants | Medical Plants | Medicinal Plants | Medicinal Herbs - 0 views

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ghariprasad medicine plants intro

shared by Girija H on 14 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Medicinal plants have always been considered a healthy source of life for all people.
  • Therapeutical properties of medical plants are very useful in healing various diseases and the advantage of these medicinal plants is being 100% natural.
  • Nowadays people are being bombarded with thousand of unhealthy products, the level of sensibility infront of diseases is very high and that's why the use of medicinal plants can represent the best solution
    • Girija H
      Girija H on 14 Apr 10
       
      This site has an index which leads you to the medicinal value of each plant
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