Grantee Research Project Results
Physical and Biological Processes Affecting the Distribution of Hypoxia on the Louisiana Continental Shelf
EPA Grant Number: R827785E02Title: Physical and Biological Processes Affecting the Distribution of Hypoxia on the Louisiana Continental Shelf
Investigators: Rabalais, Nancy N. , Turner, R. Eugene , Wiseman, William J. , Justic, Dubravko
Institution: Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: March 17, 2002 through March 16, 2003
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
Objective:
The main objective of this research project is to better define the physical and biological processes affecting the distribution of low oxygen through experiments with instrumentation, empirical relationships, and modeling. Development of technological capabilities and expanded modeling efforts will provide the necessary data sets to improve our research competitiveness, as well as support the development of human resources, particularly in public and graduate education. The project will address research questions about vertical and horizontal transport of oxygen, timing and duration of low oxygen, cross-shelf and alongshore dynamics, transformation of hypoxic water masses, and integration of the physics (winds and currents) with biological processes.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 44 publications for this projectJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this project: View all 17 journal articles for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
hypoxia, anoxia, continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, eutrophication, nonpoint source pollution, coupled physical/biological models, climate variability., RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Water, Waste, ECOSYSTEMS, Aquatic Ecosystem, Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Fate & Transport, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Watersheds, Monitoring/Modeling, Biochemistry, climate change, Water & Watershed, Ecology and Ecosystems, watershed management, heavy metals, ecological impact, restoration strategies, water quality, watershed restoration, coastal ecosystems, environmental monitoring, hypoxia, watershed influences, hydrology, environmental measurement, Mississippi, water monitoring, fate and transport, ecosystem stress, environmental stress, sediment transport, coastal zone, integrated watershed model, water circulation, ecology assessment models, ecological research, aquatic ecosystems, continuous monitoring, source load modeling, watershed sustainablilityProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.