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Category : Coastal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Author: Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Author: An Integrated Assessment Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, May 2000, (CORRECTION).
Author: Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Author: Virginia H. DalePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387896864
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces the available habitat for marine species, which are important for the ecosystem as well as commercial and recreational shing in the Gulf. Since 2001, the hypoxic zone has averaged 2 1 16,500 km during its peak summer months , an area slightly larger than the state 2 2 of Connecticut, and ranged from a low of 8,500 km to a high of 22,000 km . To address the hypoxia problem, the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (or Task Force) was formed to bring together represen- tives from federal agencies, states, and tribes to consider options for responding to hypoxia. The Task Force asked the White House Of ce of Science and Technology Policy to conduct a scienti c assessment of the causes and consequences of Gulf hypoxia through its Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR).
Characterization of Hypoxia
Author: Ecological and Economic Consequences of Hypoxia
Author: Robert J. DiazPublisher:
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Category : Hypoxia (Water)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Author: Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Author: Nancy N. RabalaisPublisher:
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Category : Coastal ecology
Languages : en
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Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
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Category : Marine eutrophication
Languages : en
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Collection of six papers prepared by the Hypoxia Work Group of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR), in accordance with Section 604a of Public Law 105-383 to prepare an assessment of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The papers are in pdf format. Contents: 1) Characterization of hypoxia -- 2) Ecological and economic consequences of hypoxia -- 3) Flux and sources of nutrients in the Mississippi-Achafalaya River Basin -- 4) Effects of reducing nutrient loads to surface waters within the Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico -- 5) Reducing nutrient loads, especially nitrate-nitrogen, to surface water, groundwater, and the Gulf of Mexico -- 6) Evaluation of economic costs and benefits of methods for reducing nutrient loads to the Gulf of Mexico. The papers are in PDF format.
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