St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada
Main Contributors:
Johanna Yletyinen
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Summary
Declining dissolved oxygen has been recorded in St. Lawrence estuary for 70 years. Anoxia has developed during the last several decades. Hypoxic areas are avoided by fish.
Type of regime shift
Ecosystem type
- Marine & coastal
Land uses
- Fisheries
- Conservation
Spatial scale of the case study
- Sub-continental/regional (e.g. southern Africa, Amazon basin)
Continent or Ocean
- North America
Region
- Atlantic Ocean
Countries
- Canada
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Key References
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Gilbert D, Sundby B, Gobeil C, Mucci A, Tremblay G-H. 2005. A Seventy-two-year record of diminishing deep-water oxygen in the St. Lawrence Estuary: The Northwest Atlantic connection. Limnology and Oceanography 50, 1654-1666.
Citation
Johanna Yletyinen.
St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada.
In: Regime Shifts Database, www.regimeshifts.org.
Last revised 2012-03-17 19:06:06 GMT.
