http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/07/19/science-roundup-19th-july-2010/ The activities of the Marine Conservation Society Lancashire local area group Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/07/19/science-roundup-19th-july-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14018 Lancashire MCS Blog » Blog Archive » Marine science roundup 2011-01-04 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:39:45 +0000 http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/?p=396#comment-14018 [...] Gasp, choke! Expanding hypoxic zones in the Atlantic are expanding, and reducing the living space available to several important commercial fish stocks. Researchers have found that the hypoxic zone of the West Coast of Africa is growing, and increasing sea temperatures, which reduces oxygen solubility in sea water, would make the problem worse. ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2010) [While many hypoxic zones are caused by agricultural run off, as in the Gulf of Mexico, over fishing is probably responsible for the West Coast hypoxic zone] [...] [...] Gasp, choke! Expanding hypoxic zones in the Atlantic are expanding, and reducing the living space available to several important commercial fish stocks. Researchers have found that the hypoxic zone of the West Coast of Africa is growing, and increasing sea temperatures, which reduces oxygen solubility in sea water, would make the problem worse. ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2010) [While many hypoxic zones are caused by agricultural run off, as in the Gulf of Mexico, over fishing is probably responsible for the West Coast hypoxic zone] [...]

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