Lively topic.Since the hypoxia hypoxia Condition in which tissues are starved of oxygen. The extreme is anoxia (absence of oxygen). There are four types: hypoxemic, from low blood oxygen content (e.g., in altitude sickness); anemic, from low blood oxygen-carrying capacity (e.g. described in "Dead Waters" (SN: 6/5/04, p. 360) isn't caused directly by the fertilizer, but by the subsequent algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that blooms, then perhaps an effective solution is to combat the algae. It might even be profitable to harvest the algae. If the fishing industry is capable of depleting the seas of species that we want there, then it should be equally capable of depleting the seas of species that we don't want there. DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. CHARLAP, VIENNA, VA. All attention to the so-called dead zone off the coast of our state is certainly welcomed. While the cited authorities clearly stated that data on this phenomenon remain meager, I was surprised that the article made no mention of the continuing debate over interpretations for those data, especially in terms of alternative contributors to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east and the relative importance of each. DARRYL L. FELDER, LAFAYETTE, LA. |
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