U-M researcher and colleagues predict large 2009 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 11:49
in Earth & Climate
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" could be one of the largest on record, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a half-billion-dollar fishery.