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BRIEFING Dead Fish, Blue Fish Fish have been dying by the millions.
Why are all these large scale amphibious deaths occurring? the temperature, the more What is aquarium chemistry? Aquarium chemistry is a way oxygen is dissolved into the to monitor the living water. But because the low conditions of fish. Things temperatures have driven such as salinity, pH and the fish to swim towards temperature are important to shore where the water is observe. A fish tolerates warmer the oxygen is being different environments based used up. As the fish pile on its place of origin; for into one area all the oxygen example, fresh water fish can is starved from the water. only tolerate extremely low What have the scientists salinity levels. The chemical been speculating about? reading of pH is a Scientist believe that the measurement of nitrates, fish are being affected by organic acids and the multiple stressors such as e byproducts of the animals. disease and infection. R. Fish can only tolerate a pH of Thousands of dead fish fill the river. Donaldsen reports "Some of 6.5 to 7.5, changes of .3 can Bolivias Fish Problem: the fish that I saw had white kill fish easily. About 6 million fish and thousands spots that may indicate of alligators, turtles and dolphins What is hypoxia? disease. Another idea have died in Bolivia. The article Hypoxia is a condition where which had been explored is states, "In the rivers near Santa Cruz a limb or bodily function cold shock, which means lacks oxygen. People who are there's about 1,000 dead fish for the sheer drop in exposed to air with low every 100 meters of river." The temperature is killing the oxygen content or ascend to dying fish are affecting the ability to high altitudes can experience fish without help from low fish in these areas because all of the hypoxia. Symptoms for air supplies. decomposing fish are polluting the humans of hypoxia are, rivers. A fish farm in Santa Cruz Where else has this occurred? unconsciousness, comas and What is hypoxia? Similar occurrences have reports having lost 15 tons of fish skin discoloration. Hypoxia is a condition happened in Bolivia, as well due to the climatic changes. Local where a limb or bodily Why are all the fish dying? as off the coast of Texas authorities have been providing function lacks oxygen. The causes of the deaths have and Ontario, Canada, People who are exposed to alternative water sources for the been linked to the unusually air with low oxygen content Marylands Chesapeake populations near the rivers as well as cold temperatures the or ascend to high altitudes Bay, Brazil and New placing a ban on fishing in the can experience hypoxia. southern hemisphere has been Zealand. All stories have affected areas in effort to preserve subjected to this last winter. presented similar causes of any surviving fish. This ban has left The drop in temperatures death. many fishermen without any source caused the fish to die due to Selling Science Project, February 2013 of income. hypoxia. Though the lower

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