Dissolved Oxygen Levels in New York Bight Waters during 1977

摘要

Anoxia in bottom waters of the N.Y. Bight, and associated mass mortalities of marine organisms in 1976, caused concern that anoxia may become a chronic problem in the Bight. The Northeast Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, established a series of periodic surveys early in 1977 to further understand the hydrologic 'climate' of the Bight and to monitor dissolved oxygen (DO) levels. The Bight did not become anoxic in 1977, although a band of low DO levels was found along the New Jersey coast during the summer.