Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, a.k.a. "The dead zone"

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 235-263

  Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b   Wiseman Jr , William J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Coastal; Estuary; Eutrophication; Mississippi River; Nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; ZOOBENTHOS;

GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; GOES; INVERTEBRATA; OPHIUROIDEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0036914141     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150513     Document Type: Review

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