Multiple regression models for hindcasting and forecasting midsummer hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1161-1175

  Greene, Richard M ^a   Lehrter, John C ^a   Hagy III, James D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasts; Gulf of Mexico; Hindcasts; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Monte Carlo; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Regression models

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

DISCHARGE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HINDCASTING; HYPOXIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; MEXICO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSION RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149175321     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0035.1     Document Type: Article

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