Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean Format: Hardcover

Kirchman, David L

ISBN 10: 0197520375 / ISBN 13: 9780197520376

Published by Oxford University Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197520375
• ISBN 13: 9780197520376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The number and size of dead zones, uninhabitable zones in our water, are on the rise. In this book, David L. Kirchman explains how they were discovered and what we can do to reduce their threat on human and aquatic life.

About the Author

David L. Kirchman was Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware before his retirement in 2020. He holds a BA in biology from Lawrence University, an MS in environmental engineering from Harvard University, and a PhD in environmental engineering ― with a focus on microbiology ― also from Harvard University. He is a recipient of the Francis Alison Award and a fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. He is the editor of Microbial Ecology of the Oceans and the author of Processes in Microbial Ecology.