Effects of climate change on hypoxia in coastal waters: A doubled CO2 scenario for the northern Gulf of Mexico

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 992-1003

  Justić, Dubravko ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b   Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

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EID: 0029803975     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.0992     Document Type: Article

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