Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee

The Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee was established to ascertain the needs of the stakeholder communities for a comprehensive, integrative, sustainable monitoring program for the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone (“Dead Zone”). The Committee will also determine the monitoring required to improve management of regional inshore hypoxia along the Gulf of Mexico and the Education and Outreach activities necessary to raise public awareness on the health and economic impacts of hypoxia.

Important Links

• Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee Membership

• Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee Background Information

• Hypoxia White Paper

State Representatives to the Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee

Alabama: Scott Phipps ( Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)

Florida: Charles Kovach ( Florida Department of Environmental Protection)

Louisiana: Dugan Sabins and Kris Pintado ( Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality)

Gregory DuCote ( Louisiana Department of Natural Resources)

Mississippi: Henry Folmar ( Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality)

Texas: Mark Fisher ( Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

Ed Buskey ( University of Texas)

State Hypoxia Links

Access State Hypoxia information by selecting the links below or by searching the NCDDC Semantic Catalog.

Alabama

 Oyster Reef Restoration in Bon Secour Bay, Alabama


Florida

 2005 Offshore Red Tide-Associated Mortalities and Florida Fish
and Wildlife Research Institute Event Response 


 Charlotte Harbor: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Dynamics, including Temporal
and Spatial Responses due to Low Oxygen (Hypoxia/Anoxia) in 2007



Louisiana

 Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico 
Information on the research activities of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.

Mississippi

 Mississippi Coastal Zone Management Program Section 309 Assessment and Strategy

 State of Mississippi Water Quality Assessment


Texas

 Hypoxia modeling in Corpus Christi Bay using a Hydrologic Information System


 WATERS Test Bed Site--Corpus Christi Bay

Federal Hypoxia Links

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Watch
Hypoxia Watch uses near-real-time shipboard measurements of bottom
dissolved oxygen to create data and map products that show anoxic and
hypoxic conditions in the western and north-central Gulf of Mexico.

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assessment
The goals of the hypoxia science assessment are to document the state
of knowledge of the extent, characteristics, causes, and effects (both
ecological and economic)of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 

Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems & 
Hypoxia Assessment (NGOMEX)
To address the issue of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Centers for 
Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, is supporting 
multiyear, interdisciplinary research projects to develop a fundamental understanding 
of the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. The focus is on the causes and effects of 
the hypoxic zone and the prediction of its future extent and impacts.

NOAA Research on Hypoxia: Providing Key Information and Tools to Manage 
Low Oxygen Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems
NOAA is supporting research to improve the understanding of this widespread
problem and develop forecasting capabilities to predict hypoxia impacts
on ecosystem conditions in locations experiencing severe hypoxia and
related nutrient pollution.

Ecosystem Description: Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Nancy N. Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium wrote an 
overview of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico for NOAA's Coastal Services Center.



Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Mississippi River Basin/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient (Hypoxia) Task Force
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force was 
established in the fall of 1997 as part of the government's plan to address 
hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Scientific Assessment of Causes 
and Options for Mitigation
At the request the Office of Water, the EPA Science Advisory Board 
evaluated the state-of-the-science regarding the Gulf of Mexico 
hypoxic zone and prepared an updated science assessment. 



U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico Studies
The USGS provides scientific information to support management actions intended 
to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Publications and Online Reports
The USGS Toxics Program maintains a complete bibliography of publications produced by USGS researchers.