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标题：A WATER QUALITY STRATEGY FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO
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作者：Greenhalgh, Suzie ; Faeth, Paul
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2001
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Nutrient pollution, now the leading cause of water quality impairment in the United States, hashad significant impact on the nation's waterways. Excessive nutrient pollution has been linkedto habitat loss, fish kills, blooms of toxic algae, and hypoxia (oxygen depleted water). Thehypoxic 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most striking illustrations of what canhappen when too many nutrients from inland watersheds reach coastal areas. Despite the effortsof municipal building programs, industrial wastewater requirements and agricultural programsdesigned to reduce sediment loads in waterways, water quality and nutrient pollution continuesto be a problem.