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Article: Scientists at Boston University report research in marine ecology.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- June 19, 2009
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According to a study from the United States, "Anthropogenic nutrient loading to coastal waters has increased producer biomass, leading to more frequent hypoxic events particularly in estuarine systems. To examine how eutrophication and hypoxia might alter consumer assemblages, we surveyed benthic communities in 2 sub-estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, representing a eutrophic-hypoxic regime and an oligotrophic-oxic regime."
"The number of consumer species and abundance of organisms were lower in the eutrophic estuary. In particular, there were fewer primary consumers, mainly small crustaceans. These differences in consumer community structure also alter ...