Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee
The Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee was established to provide guidance to the Steering Committee for the Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Implementation Plan.

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
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.
AlabamaOyster Reef Restoration in Bon Secour Bay, Alabama
Florida2005 Offshore Red Tide-Associated Mortalities and Florida Fish
and Wildlife Research Institute Event ResponseCharlotte Harbor: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Dynamics, including Temporal
and Spatial Responses due to Low Oxygen (Hypoxia/Anoxia) in 2007
LouisianaHypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Information on the research activities of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
MississippiMississippi Coastal Zone Management Program Section 309 Assessment and Strategy
State of Mississippi Water Quality Assessment
TexasHypoxia 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.
Articles
The Dead Zones: Oxygen-Starved Coastal Waters
S. JOYCE
Declining Threshold for Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
C. STOWE, S.S. QIAN, J.K. CRAIG
Dissolved Oxygen Conditions in Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuaries
V.D. ENGLE, J.K. SUMMERS, J.M. MACAULEY
D.A. TOMASKO, C. ANASTASIOU, C. KOVACH
Hypoxia Hotspots in the Mississippi Bight
C. BRUNNER, J. BEALL, S. BENTLEY, Y. FURUKAWA
N.N. RABALAIS, R.E. TURNER, W.J. WISEMAN JR.
Linking Hypoxia to Shrimp Catch in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
T. O'CONNER, D. WHITALL
Phosphorus Limits Phytoplankton Growth on the Louisiana Shelf During the Period of Hypoxia Formation
J.B. SYLVAN, Q. DORTCH, D.M. NELSON, A.F. BROWN, W. MORRISON, J. W. AMMERMAN
A Potential Integrated Water Quality Strategy for the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico
S. GREENHALGH, P. FAETH
Predicting Summer Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Riverine N, P, and Si Loading
R.E. TURNER, N.N. RABALAIS, D. JUSTIC
Seasonal Hypoxia in the Bottom Water off the Mississippi River Delta
G.T. ROWE
Summer Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Its Prediction from 1978 to 1995
R.E. TURNER, N.N. RABALAIS, E.M. SWENSON, M. KASPRZAK, T. ROMAIRE
Temporal Influences of Seasonal Hypoxia on Sediment Biogeochemistry in Coastal Sediments
K.S. Sell
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