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Supplementary material to “New Approaches to the Gulf Hypoxia Problem”

11 May 2010

Thomas S. Bianchi, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station

Mead A. Allison, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin

Piers Chapman, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station

James H. Cowan Jr., Department of Oceanography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Michael J. Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin

John W. Day, Department of Oceanography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Steve F. DiMarco and Robert D. Hetland, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station

Rodney Powell, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin

Citation:

Bianchi, T. S., M. A. Allison, P. Chapman, J. H. Cowan Jr., M. J. Dagg, J. W. Day, S. F. DiMarco, R. D. Hetland, and R. Powell (2010), New approaches to the Gulf hypoxia problem, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(19), 173. [Full Article (pdf)]

Map of frequency of hypoxia

Figure S1. Map of the frequency of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 1985–2005; taken from Rabalais et al. [2007] and SAB [2007]. Baseline map provided by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.

References

Rabalais, N. N., R. E. Turner, B. K. Sen Gupta, D. F. Boesch, P. Chapman, and M. C. Murrell (2007), Characterization and long-term trends of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the science support the action plan?, Estuaries Coasts, 30, 753–772.

Science Advisory Board (SAB) (2007), Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: An update by the EPA Science Advisory Board, EPA-SAB-08-003, Environ. Prot. Agency, Washington, D. C.

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