{"id":11071,"date":"2019-01-23T07:50:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=11071"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:27:32","slug":"tropical-systems-disrupt-neuse-river-oxygen-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/tropical-systems-disrupt-neuse-river-oxygen-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Systems Disrupt Neuse River Oxygen Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Last June, a team of researchers used an experimental model to forecast that hypoxia \u2014 low levels of dissolved oxygen \u2014 would be more severe than usual in the Neuse River Estuary during midsummer 2018. Such predictive models are important, because hypoxia can lead to ecosystem stresses, including fish kills.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel Obenour, an environmental engineer at NC State<\/a>, is collaborating with coastal ecologist Hans Paerl of the UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences<\/a><\/u> on this North Carolina Sea Grant project. When the team later assessed how well their experimental model had anticipated oxygen levels, they determined their forecast effectively matched observed conditions \u2014 and they also found significant impacts on the estuary from Tropical Storm Chris and Hurricane Florence. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexey Katin is a doctoral student in civil engineering at North Carolina State University who works on the project. This blogpost also appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of <\/a><\/strong><\/em>Coastwatch<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
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