Overview

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Volume 58. Hypoxia is a condition that occurs when dissolved oxygen falls below the level necessary to sustain most animal life. In U.S. coastal waters, and in the entire western Atlantic, we find the largest hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico on the Louisiana/Texas continental shelf. The area affected, which is about the size of the state of New Jersey at its maximal extent, has increased since regular measurements began in 1985. Sediment cores from the hypoxic zone also show that algal production and deposition, as well as oxygen stress, were much lower earlier in the 190Os and that significant increases occurred in the latter half of the twentieth century. We publish this book against the background of such measurements, and to review how the developing and expanding hypoxic zone has affected living resources on this continental shelf.

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Author:   Nancy N. Rabalais ,  R. Eugene Turner
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   American Geophysical Union
Volume:   58
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.798kg
ISBN:  

9780875902722

ISBN 10:   0875902723
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Nancy N Rabalais and R Eugene Turner v 1 Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Description, Causes and Change Nancy N Rabalais and R Eugene Turner 1 Section I: Plankton 2 Impacts of Changing Si/N Ratios and Phytoplankton Species Composition Quay Dortch, Nancy N Rabalais, R Eugene Turner, and Naureen A, Qureshi 37 3 Zooplankton: Responses to and Consequences of Hypoxia Nancy H Marcus 49 4 Distribution of Zooplankton on a Seasonally Hypoxic Continental Shelf Naureen A, Qureshi and Nancy N Rabalais 61 5 Pelagic Cnidarians and Ctenophores in Low Dissolved Oxygen Environments: A Review Jennifer E Purcell, Denise L Breitburg, Mary Beth Decker, 144'Illare M Graham, Marsh d Youngbluth, and Kevin A Raskoff 77 Section II: Physiology and Behavior 6 Physiological Responses to Hypoxia Louis E Burnett and 14qlliam B Stickle 101 7 Responses of Nekton and Demersal and Benthic Fauna to Decreasing Oxygen Concentrations Nancy N Rabalais, Donald E Harper, Jr., and R Eugene Turner 115 Section III: Benthos 8 Overview of Anthropogenically-Induced Hypoxic Effects on Marine Benthic Fauna Robert J Diaz and Rutget Rosenberg 129 9 Benthic Foraminiferal Communities in Oxygen-Depleted Environments of the Louisiana Continental Shelf Emil Platon and Barun K Sen Gupta 147 10 Effects of Hypoxia and Anoxia on Meiofauna: A Review with New Data from the Gulf of Mexico Markus A, Wetzel, John W Fleeger, and Sean P Powers 165 11 Effect of Hypoxia/Anoxia on the Supply and Settlement of Benthic Invertebrate Larvae. Sean P Powers, Donald E Harper, Jr., and Nancy N Rabalais 185 12 Effects of Seasonal Hypoxia on Continental Shelf Benthos Nancy N Rabalais, Lorene E Smith, Donald E Harper, Jr., and Dubravko Justic Section IV: Fish and Fisheries 13 Effects of Low Dissolved Oxygen on the Behavior, Ecology and Harvest of Fishes: A Comparison of the Chesapeake Bay and Baltic-Kattegat Systems Denise L Breitburg, Leif Pihl, and Sarah E Kolesar 241 14 Ecological Effects of Hypoxia on Fish, Sea Turtles, and Marine Mammals in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico d Kevin Craig, Larry B Crowder, Charlotte D Gray, Cartie d McDaniel, Tyrrell A Henwood, and dames G Hanifen 269 15 Effects of Hypoxia on the Shrimp Fishery of Louisiana and Texas Roger d Zimmerman and dames M Nance 293 16 Distribution of Catch in the Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, Purse Seine Fishery in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Logbook Information: Are There Relationships to the Hypoxic Zone? doseph W Smith 311 Section V: Food Webs and Ecosystems 17 The Effects of Hypoxia on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystem: A Fisheries Perspective Edward J Chesney and Donald M Baltz 321 18 A Brief Overview of Catchment Basin Effects on Marine Fisheries dohn E Caddy 355 19 Some Effects of Eutrophication on Pelagic and Demersal Marine Food Webs R Eugene Turner 371 Section VI: Perspectives 20 An Economic Perspective of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Walter R Keithly, dr, and dohn M Ward 399 21 Hypoxia, Nutrient Management and Restoration in Danish Waters Daniel d Conley and Alf B doseJ3on 425 22 Future Perspectives for Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Dubravko dustic, Nancy N Rabalais, and R Eugene Turner 435 Summary 23 Commonality and the Future R Eugene Turner and Nancy N Rabalais 451 Index 455

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Nancy N. Rabalais is an American marine ecologist. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, she is the daughter of Kathryn Charlotte Preusch and Stephen Anthony Nash, a mechanical engineer, and the second of four children. R. Eugene Turner is the editor of Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems, published by Wiley.

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