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Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers

December 8, 2022

Hypoxia in coastal waters and lakes is widely recognized as a detrimental environmental issue, yet we lack a comparable understanding of hypoxia in rivers. We investigated controls on hypoxia using 118 million paired observations of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and water temperature in over 125,000 locations in rivers from 93 countries. We found hypoxia (DO 

Publication Year 2023
Title Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers
DOI 10.1002/lol2.10297
Authors Joanna Blaszczak, Lauren E Koenig, Francine Mejia, Alice Carter, Lluis Gomez-Gener, Christoper Dutton, Nancy Grimm, Judson Harvey, Ashley Helton, Matthew Cohen
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Limnology and Oceanography - Letters
Index ID 70238795
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Forest and Rangeland Ecosys Science Center; WMA - Earth System Processes Division
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