这种水藻大爆发不仅会对人畜造成危害还会在湖水中制造死亡区域——水中的一片区域会因为氧气匮乏而完全不能供有氧生物生存。

Such algal blooms are not only harmful to people and animals but can also trigger dead zones in the lake-areas in the water so devoid of oxygen that they cannot support aerobic life.

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我问我自己母亲可能在哪里，她是否也经受住了毒害，她的肺是否也适应了这孤寂的险恶和氧气的匮乏。

I asked myself where my mother could be, whether she'd also been able to withstand the poison, her lungs adapt to this solitary inclemency and the dearth of oxygen.

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