Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters
- D. Breitburg, L. Levin, Jing Zhang
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 5 January 2018
Improved numerical models of oceanographic processes that control oxygen depletion and the large-scale influence of altered biogeochemical cycles are needed to better predict the magnitude and spatial patterns of deoxygenation in the open ocean, as well as feedbacks to climate.
Effects of hypoxia, and the balance between hypoxia and enrichment, on coastal fishes and fisheries
- D. Breitburg
- Environmental Science
- 1 August 2002
A reduction in dissolved oxygen concentration is one of the most important direct effects of nutrient over-enrichment of coastal waters on fishes. Because hypoxia can cause mortality, reduced growth…
The role of oyster reefs as essential fish habitat: a review of current knowledge and some new perspectives
- L. Coen, M. Luckenbach, D. Breitburg
- Environmental Science
- 1999
—The importance of molluscan-dominated systems (e.g., oysters reefs, mussel beds, vermetid gastropods) to the maintenance of commercially and ecologically important species has not been as broadly…
Episodic hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay : interacting effects of recruitment, behavior, and physical disturbance
- D. Breitburg
- Environmental Science
- 1 February 1992
Physical disturbance can be an important force at the individual, population, and community levels of organization. The effects of disturbance may differ for mobile and sessile organisms, however,…
Effects of bottom-layer hypoxia on abundances and depth distributions of organisms in Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay
- J. Keister, E. Houde, D. Breitburg
- Environmental Science
- 19 October 2000
The results indicate the potential for substantial differences in organism interactions, especially predator-prey relationships, between times of hiqh and low bottom-layer DO.
Near-shore hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Patterns and relationships among physical factors
- D. Breitburg
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 1990
Effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation on estuarine fish larvae
- D. Breitburg, N. Steinberg, S. Dubeau, C. Cooksey, E. Houde
- Environmental Science
- 1994
Observed changes in trophic interactions occurred at dissolved oxygen concentrations that are not lethal during short exposures, and that commonly occur in the Chesapeake Bay and other eutrophic estuaries during summer, indicating that low oxygen has the potential to cause significant changes in the importance of alternate Trophic pathways in estuarine systems.
Hypoxia, nitrogen, and fisheries: integrating effects across local and global landscapes.
- D. Breitburg, D. Hondorp, Lori A. Davias, R. Díaz
- Environmental ScienceAnnual Review of Marine Science
- 2009
The results suggest that hypoxia does not typically reduce systemwide fisheries landings below what would be predicted from nitrogen loadings, except where raw sewage is released or particularly sensitive species lose critical habitat.
Effects of Oyster Population Restoration Strategies On Phytoplankton Biomass in Chesapeake Bay: A Flexible Modeling Approach
- R. Fulford, D. Breitburg, R. Newell, W. Kemp, M. Luckenbach
- Environmental Science
- 27 April 2007
Cultural eutrophication in estuaries and other coastal systems has increased over the last 50 yr. Some recently proposed strategies to reverse this trend have included the restoration of bivalve…
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