Does local topography control hypoxia on the eastern Texas-Louisiana shelf?

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-35

  DiMarco, Steven F ^a   Chapman, Piers ^a   Walker, Nan ^b,c   Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal oceanography; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Physical oceanography; Topography

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LOUISIANA; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; GULF OF MEXICO; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HOTSPOTS; HYPOXIA; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SPATIAL GEOMETRY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; WESTERN AREA;

DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

COAST; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; MONITORING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF; TEXAS SHELF;

EID: 73449094144     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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