No Fish Here

Swollen by floodwaters, the nitrate-laden Mississippi River was expected to cause the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico to expand to record size. Only the churning effect of Hurricane Dolly last week prevented that from occurring.

SOURCE: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium | By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post - July 31, 2008

This Story A 'Dead Zone' in The Gulf of Mexico Article \| The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, an area on the seabed with too little oxygen to support fish, shrimp, crabs and other forms of marine life, is nearly the largest on record this year, about 8,000 square miles, researchers said this week. No Fish Here		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium \| By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post - July 31, 2008 ¬es=Swollen by floodwaters, the nitrate-laden Mississippi River was expected to cause the 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico to expand to record size. Only the churning effect of Hurricane Dolly last week prevented that from occurring." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium \| By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post - July 31, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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