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37206 
Journal Article 
Chesapeake Bay anoxia: Origin, development, and significance 
Officer, CB; Biggs, RB; Taft, JL; Cronin, LE; Tyler, MA; Boynton, WR 
1984 
1 
Science
ISSN: 0036-8075
EISSN: 1095-9203 
223 
4631 
22-27 
17752972 
WOS:A1984RW60700008 
Anoxia occurs annually in deeper waters of the central portion of the Chesapeake Bay and presently extends from Baltimore to the mouth of the Potomac estuary. This condition, which encompasses some 5 billion cubic meters of water and lasts from May to September, is the result of increased stratification of the water column in early spring, with consequent curtailment of reoxygenation of the bottom waters across the halocline, and benthic decay of organic detritus accumulated from plankton blooms of the previous summer and fall. The Chesapeake Bay anoxia appears to have had significant ecological effects on many marine species, including several of economic importance. 
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