Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich prepares to launch a monitoring device off the deck of the research vessel, Elakha, Aug. 10, 2004, towed to gather data about the return of a "dead zone" off the central Oregon Coast. Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring "dead zone" of low-oxygen water triggered by global warming, scientists say, according to a report July 26, 2006.