Retrospective analysis of midsummer hypoxic area and volume in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 1985-2011

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9808-9815

  Obenour, Daniel R ^a   Scavia, Donald ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b   Turner, R Eugene ^c   Michalak, Anna M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTIES; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING NETWORK; SPATIAL POSITIONS;

ESTIMATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GULF OF MEXICO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GULF OF MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXYGEN; SEASONS;

EID: 84883530375     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400983g     Document Type: Article

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