Taking the Pulse of Marine Life in Stressed Seas

Researchers study responses of crustaceans to human-caused environmental stresses

The Earth currently has more than 400 so-called "dead zones"--huge expanses of deep ocean that, because of human activities, become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life.


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