got this weird question on my ap bio homework, any help decoding this nonsense would be much appreciated:

"How could Winter kill of fish in Northern NY oxygen depletion occur?"

Question

got this weird question on my ap bio homework, any help decoding this nonsense would be much appreciated:

"How could Winter kill of fish in Northern NY oxygen depletion occur?"

anonymous · Answer

how could winter kill a fish in northern NY if oxygen depletion occurs? 

Answer: without a certain amount of oxygen a fish can't live even though they live underwater and die on land they still need to breath air.

anonymous · Answer

A "winter kill" is an actual thing, it is when due to conditions in winter deplete a body of water of its dissolved oxygen. So what Meloche meant was "How could a Winter kill in Northern NY cause oxygen depletion?" From there, just mention conditions in winter that would cause oxygen depletion to occur