Study shows ‘dead zone’ impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes
Study shows 'dead zone' impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes By Science Codex8 July 2013 A 10-year study of Chesapeake Bay fishes by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that low-oxygen "dead zones" are impacting the distribution and abundance of "demersal" fishes—those that live and feed near [...]