EESA11H3 Lecture : EESA11 Lec 8 Possible questions
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Eesa11 lec 8 possible questions: what causes the hypoxia problems in the gulf of mexico, hypoxia results from the stratification of marine waters due to mississippi river. System freshwater inflow and the decomposition of organic matter stimulated by. Mississippi river nutrients: *** (know) provide the series of cause-effect relationships that result in fish kills in the. Neuse river estuary: sediment oxygen demand frequency of hypoxia duration of stratification, frequency of hypoxia fish health number of fish kills. Planktonic algae was dominated by blue-green bacteria from 1955-1973. Water quality improvements followed and blue-green algae decreased and have been insignificant since 1976: dr. edmonson found that phosphorus from sewage was fertilizing algae in lake.