Puget Sound Matters: Hood Canal Dead Zone

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Hood Canal began to suffer from major fish kills in 2003. Studies concluded that oxygen levels were dangerously low rendering sections of the canal "dead zones". A dead zone is defined as an area of water containing low levels of oxygen in which...

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Hood Canal began to suffer from major fish kills in 2003. Studies concluded that oxygen levels were dangerously low rendering sections of the canal "dead zones". A dead zone is defined as an area of water containing low levels of oxygen in which fish, plants, and other aquatic life find it difficult or impossible to survive.

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  • Puget
  • Hood
  • pollution
  • Sound
  • Canal

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