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Article: Fertilizer Institute Study Supports Farmers in Gulf.
- Article from:
- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- June 21, 1999
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CHANGES IN THE natural flow of the Mississippi River stemming from a range of factors, including increased rainfall and man-made attempts to reduce flooding, may be important contributors to oxygen depletion in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study commissioned by the Fertilizer Institute.
Researchers previously surmised that this oxygen depletion, known as hypoxia and commonly referred to as the river's dead zone, is caused by increased levels of nitrates in the water--primarily as a result of run-offs of fertilizers into the Mississippi River.
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