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Gulf of Mexico dead zone —The last 150 years

Lisa Osterman·P.W. Swarzenski·R.Z. Poore
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'Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone-The Last 150 Years' discusses the dead zone that forms seasonally in the northern Gulf of Mexico when subsurface waters become depleted in dissolved oxygen and cannot support most life.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 28.22697003891834° to 29.969211659636663° latitude; -93.592529296875° to -89.725341796875° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Lisa Osterman, P.W. Swarzenski, R.Z. Poore. 2006. Gulf of Mexico dead zone —The last 150 years. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20063005

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