DVM Depths (IMAGE)

Princeton University

DVM Depths

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Research begun at Princeton University found that the numerous small sea animals that migrate from the surface to deeper water every day consume vast amounts of what little oxygen is available in the ocean's aptly named "oxygen minimum zone" daily.

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Courtesy of Daniele Bianchi

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