- While fish and mobile invertebrates such as shrimp and crabs migrate out of hypoxic areas, slow-moving, bottom-dwelling creatures such as clams and oysters die after extended exposure.
- It has also been found that fish that flee the potential suffocation may quickly become unconscious and die.
- It was found in a study that low oxygen levels recorded along the Gulf Coast of North America led to reproductive problems in fish involving decreased size of organs, low egg counts and lack of spawning.
- Alteration in marine ecosystem also has socio-economic impact on humans. It affects people whose livelihood depends on fishing.
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