This figure shows "dead zones" around where the Mississippi river flows in to the Gulf of Mexico where oxygen concentrations are too low to support respiration of organisms. Please match the statements to the sequence of events leading to a dead zone.select an option from the answer choices provided for all events first eventsecond eventthird eventfourth eventDrainage basin ofthe Mississippi RiverMissouri RiveMissisOhio River✓ [Choose ]OxygenconcentrationLowHighRelyea, Ecology, 9e, © 2021 W. H. Freeman and Companyparasites increaseoxygen concentrations in the water are too low to support the respiration of non-photosynthetic organismsfish populations increase rapidly where the Mississippi drains into the Gulf of Mexicozooplankton and microbes grow rapidlyTerrestrial plants shed more leaves into the riverphytoplankton grow rapidlyfertilizers and toxic chemicals are present in water[Choose ]

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This figure shows "dead zones" around where the Mississippi river flows in to the Gulf of Mexico where oxygen concentrations are too low to support respiration of organisms. Please match the statements to the sequence of events leading to a dead zone.

select an option from the answer choices provided for all events

first event
second event
third event
fourth event
Drainage basin of
the Mississippi River
Missouri Rive
Missis
Ohio River
✓ [Choose ]
Oxygen
concentration
Low
High
Relyea, Ecology, 9e, © 2021 W. H. Freeman and Company
parasites increase
oxygen concentrations in the water are too low to support the respiration of non-photosynthetic organisms
fish populations increase rapidly where the Mississippi drains into the Gulf of Mexico
zooplankton and microbes grow rapidly
Terrestrial plants shed more leaves into the river
phytoplankton grow rapidly
fertilizers and toxic chemicals are present in water
[Choose ]

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