Predicting the response of Gulf of Mexico hypoxia to variations in Mississippi River nitrogen load

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 951-956

  Scavia, Donald ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b   Turner, R Eugene ^c   Justić, Dubravko ^c   Wiseman Jr , William J ^c  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^b LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE;

GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037516674     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.3.0951     Document Type: Article

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