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A. What is a hypoxic zone?

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Dead zones are hypoxic areas in the world's oceans and large lakes, caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water. ". Historically, many of these sites were naturally occurring

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