Low-oxygen zone found again off Oregon Coast By Seattle Times staff and The Associated PressTuesday, July 31, 2007 For the sixth year in a row, low-oxygen water has been surveyed off the Oregon Coast, raising the possibility of another dead zone forming this summer that can kill bottom-dwelling sealife. "It does, indeed, appear to be [...]

Dead zone reappears off the Oregon Coast; outlook uncertain By Terry DillmanAugust 01, 2007; Newport News-TimesOregon State University researchers say near-shore, low-oxygen ocean conditions off the Oregon coast have again created a hypoxic region - colloquially termed a "dead zone" - across much of the underwater shelf from Florence to Newport. Depending on its severity, [...]