The 20th-century development and expansion of Louisiana shelf hypoxia, Gulf of Mexico

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-414

  Osterman, Lisa E ^a   Poore, Richard Z ^a   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Senn, David B ^b   DiMarco, Steven F ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL EROSION; DEAD ZONES; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GULF OF MEXICO; HOTSPOTS; HYPOXIC CONDITION; LARGE PARTS; LONG-TERM TREND; LOUISIANA; LOW OXYGEN; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MODELING STUDIES; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; OXYGEN CONTENT; PROXY DATA; SHELF WATERS;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LEAD; MODELS;

OXYGEN;

BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL EROSION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DRAINAGE BASIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXYGEN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71249151970     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0158-2     Document Type: Article

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