Hypoxia and Medicine

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Summary: per liter, generally the lowest level needed to support healthy bottom communities. Most organisms living above the bottom, such as fish, need 4 milligrams per liter or more. Bonzek says that the low oxygen levels are likely associated with large nutrient inputs . Nutrients feed microscopic Bay plants, causing their numbers to increase

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