Globally, there has been a consistent increase in the volume of hypoxic waters along coasts. Hypoxia can have numerous negative impacts on ecosystems such as modifying nitrogen and phosphorus cycling, altering food webs, degrading fisheries, and making coastal habitats uninhabitable to many economically and ecologically important fish species. Yet, hypoxia is not universally harming marine organisms. Rather some have benefitted from the effects of hypoxia since it can generate regime shifts, where certain species leave habitats since they can no longer tolerate the environmental conditions, leading to other tolerant organisms moving into those oxygen-limiting waters. The Atlantic Brief Squid, Loliguncula brevis, is one such organism.