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Dreaded ocean 'dead zone' returns along coastal stretch.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-JUL-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dreaded ocean 'dead zone' returns along coastal stretch.(Environment)(Experts say its reappearance may have huge implications for ocean life)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard

FLORENCE - For an unprecedented sixth straight year, a low-oxygen "dead zone" is taking shape along a miles-wide swath of ocean real estate between Florence and Newport, choking off any marine life that isn't fast enough to escape it.

And, because last year's dead zone grew so large and killed so many sea creatures, the return of "hypoxic" or low-oxygen conditions this year could mean that ocean life on the Oregon Coast is affected for decades.

"The system is showing early signs of rebounding, but a full recovery may be a long way off," said Jane Lubchenco, an Oregon State University professor of marine biology and a...

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