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Main Title Nutrient enhanced coastal ocean productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico : understanding the effects of nutrients on a coastal ecosystem /
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Author Title of a Work
Wiseman, William J.
Publisher U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research-Coastal Ocean Program,
Year Published 1999
OCLC Number 45497013
Subjects Primary productivity (Biology)--Mexico, Gulf of--Measurement ; Marine productivity--Mexico, Gulf of--Observations ; Hypoxia (Water)--Mexico, Gulf of--Observations ; Estuarine eutrophication--Mexico, Gulf of--Observations ; Marine eutrophication--Mexico, Gulf of--Observations ; Coastal ecology--Mexico, Gulf of ; Estuarine ecology--Mexico, Gulf of ; Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)--Mexico, Gulf of ; Water quality bioassay--Mexico, Gulf of ; Marine productivity--Mexico, Gulf of--Analysis ; Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)--Mexico, Gulf of--Measurement
Additional Subjects Malcolm Baldrige (Ship) ; Pelican (Ship) ; Longhorn (Ship) ; Gyre (Ship) ; Acadiana (Ship)
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ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/NOS/NCCOS/COP/DAS/DAS_14.pdf
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/pubs/das/das14.pdf
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EKCM  QH91.8.M34N8 1999 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 04/04/2003
Collation xxii, 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Notes "April 1999." "Science for solutions." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes The continental shelf adjacent to the Mississippi River is a highly productive system, often referred to as the fertile fisheries crescent. This productivity is attributed to the effects of the river, especially nutrient delivery. In the later decades of the 20th century, though, changes in the system were becoming evident. Nutrient loads were seen to be increasing and reports of hypoxia were becoming more frequent. During most recent summers, a broad area (up to 20,000 km2) of near bottom, inner shelf waters immediately west of the Mississippi River delta became hypoxic (dissolved oxygen concentrations less than 2 mg/l). In 1990, the Coastal Ocean program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration initiated the Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity (NECOP) study of this area to test the hypothesis that anthropogenic nutrient addition to the coastal ocean has contributed to coastal eutrophication with a significant impact on water quality. Three major goals of the study were to determine the fate the degree to which coastal productivity in the region is enhanced by terrestrial input, to determine the impact of enhanced productivity on water quality, and to determine the fate of fixed carbon and its impact on living marine resources. NECOP involved 49 federal and academic scientists from 14 institutions from 1990 through 1996. Data aquired on research vessels Pelican, Longhorn, Gyre and Acadiana and NOAA ships Malcolm Baldridge and Chapman.
Place Published Silver Spring, Md. :
Access Notes Summary is available online from the COP website.
Corporate Au Added Ent NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (U.S.)
Alternate Title Understanding the effects of nutrients on a coastal ecosystem
PUB Date Free Form {1999}
Series Title Traced NOAA Coastal Ocean Program decision analysis series ; no. 14.
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20030331122244
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type CAT
OCLC Rec Leader 01780cam 2200409Ia 45020