Reassessing hypoxia forecasts for the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8111-8117

  Scavia, Donald ^a   Donnelly, Kristina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; WATERSHEDS;

NITROGEN LOAD REDUCTION; POLICY ATTENTION;

ECOLOGY;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; WATERSHEDS;

ACTION PLAN; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HINDCASTING; PHOSPHORUS; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; FORECASTING; HYPOXIA; MEXICO; REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 36849089617     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0714235     Document Type: Article

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