2015 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (IMAGE)

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2015 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

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Distribution of dissolved oxygen in bottom water west of the Mississippi River delta (July 28-August 3, 2015). Black line denotes area with less than two milligrams of oxygen per liter of bottom water.

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Nancy N. Rabalais, LUMCON, and R. Eugene Turner, LSU.

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Credit: Nancy N. Rabalais, LUMCON, and R. Eugene Turner, LSU.

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