Season Review: Why Was Hypoxia So Much Worse in 2012?
Water quality in Long Island Sound was bad during the summer of 2012, after a number of years when conditions were not so terrible.
Category: Hypoxia & the Dead Zone
Season Review: A Complex Ecosystem With Diverse Conditions
Among all the Long Island Sound water quality data released recently showing the summer of 2012 to have been particularly bad, there were two data sets that indicated something slightly different.
Season Review: Hypoxia Was Widespread and Intense in 2012
The recently released year-end water quality report for Long Island Sound confirmed what seemed obvious in August: when measured by hypoxia – the annual drop in dissolved oxygen caused by nitrogen in treated sewage – the summer of 2012 was awful.
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Guest Post: The Science of Hypoxia
Hypoxic Conditions in the Sound Improve in September
It’s no surprise, but water quality in western Long Island Sound rebounded nicely in September, a month after conditions were their worst in years.
Observation Friday: Hypoxia Threatens LIS This Summer
This week’s Observation Friday has Tom Andersen, author of This Fine Piece of Water, providing his thoughts on the severity of this year’s low-oxygen problem: Water quality in the western end of Long Island Sound this summer is not good – almost shockingly so considering the generally decent conditions of recent years. In roughly 18 […]