The second largest zone of coastal hypoxia (oxygen-depleted waters) in the world is found
on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf adjacent to the outflows of the Mississippi …

… Data from hypoxia studies of NN Rabalais, RE Turner, and … Data from hypoxia studies of
NN Rabalais, RE Turner, and WJ … (Turner and Rabalais, 1994b) and the sedimentary record (…

… Resulting direct pressures include disruption of hydrology, re-suspension of large amounts
of sediment that exacerbate the erosion of the wetland, increased nutrient and organic matter …

… The path of Tropical Storm Bill was very close to station C6C, but it passed rapidly north and
the wave field was insufficient to re-aerate the bottom waters. Although it passed well to the …

… than the rate of oxygen reaeration. The dominant natural processes usually involved are
photosynthetic carbon production and microbial respiration. The re-supply rate is indirectly …

Abstract CHANGES in delivery of river-borne nutrients such as dissolved phosphate, nitrate
and silicate, owing to land-use changes and anthropogenic emissions, are known to result in …

… We then address biological responses to these nutrient alterations, including shifts in probable
nutrient limitations for phytoplankton growth, shifts in phytoplankton community structure, …

… However, these are ecosystems which receive large nutrient subsidies from the deep ocean…
The high fishery productivity reported by Nixon for the Chesapeake Bay is substantially due …

We present an analysis of extensive nutrient data sets from two river-dominated coastal
ecosystems, the northern Adriatic Sea and the northern Gulf of Mexico, demonstrating significant …

… We did not try to prove that older methods would yield results comparable to current
methods. We instead relied on the professional judgment of the agencies and assumed that the …