oxygen depletion

collocation in English

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oxygen
noun[U]
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/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən/us
/ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour. Oxygen forms a large part of the air on earth, and is needed by animals and plants ...
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depletion
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/us
/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/
a reduction ...
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(Definition ofoxygenanddepletionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fishing is legal and considered safe, though shellfishing is not allowed or recommended due to contamination andoxygendepletion.
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Gas detectors can be used to detect combustible, flammable and toxic gases, andoxygendepletion.
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These sensors are buried at various depths to monitoroxygendepletionover time, which is then used to predict soil respiration rates.
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When animal pens become poorly ventilated,oxygendepletionand a build-up of toxic gases, develops very rapidly.
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The monitors found some variation in the water transparency and seasonal patterns of hypolimneticoxygendepletion.
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Furthermore, with the introduction ofoxygendepletionsensors and thermostatic controls, they do not place critical reliance on ventilation as previously was the case.
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Decreased oxygen solubility from surface-layer warming accounts for most of the enhancedoxygendepletionin the upper 500 m of the ocean.
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Other possible causes of the condition that have been suggested include high sea temperatures,oxygendepletionand low salinity due to freshwater runoff.
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Dissolvedoxygendepletionis most likely to become evident during the initial aquatic microbial population explosion in response to a large amount of organic material.
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They can also indirectly causeoxygendepletionat greater depths, through microbial breakdown of dead algal cells.
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Acetone may pose a significant risk ofoxygendepletionin aquatic systems due to the microbial consumption.
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If the egg layers are too thick they suffer fromoxygendepletionand often die, entangled in a maze of fucus.
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With densities above 15 animals per square meter, aeration is often required to preventoxygendepletion.
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As the hypolimnion of lakes gradually filled with sediments,oxygendepletionwould promote the release of iron-bound phosphorus to the overlying water.
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It does not experience dissolvedoxygendepletionin the depths of the lake.
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If the sample is being prepared as a seeded sample, add enough prepared seed to the sample to achieve acceptable dissolvedoxygendepletion.
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Such widespread environmental impacts include nitrogen fertilizer losses into waterways, which can lead to eutrophication (nutrient loading) and ensuing hypoxia (oxygendepletion) of large bodies of water.
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Years of runoff from sewers and roads had accumulated in the slow running waters of this area and decomposition of organic matter was causingoxygendepletion.
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Further south then are areas ofoxygendepletion, caused by chemicals using up oxygen and by algae blooms, caused by excess nutrients from algal cell death and decomposition.
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