How low (in oxygen) will seafloor scavengers go?

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Uploaded by on Feb 22, 2010

A major factor in ocean change is growth of low-oxygen zones (a.k.a. dead zones), which are hazardous to the health of sea life and which reduce useable seafloor habitats. Verena Tunnicliffe, a biology professor at University of Victoria the Director of VENUS (Subsea Cabled Observatory) talks about an unorthodox experiment conducted in a low-oxygen zone, where seafloor species such as crab, shrimp and octopus stretch their oxygen limits in order to strip flesh from homicide victims simulated by dead pigs. The latest findings reveal effects on these scavengers of variations in oxygen concentrations.

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  • johnnyboypdq = epic fail

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