Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring

Providing guidance to the Steering Committee for the Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Implementation Plan, 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 (e.g. 'Dead Zone').

Additionally, the Committee will determine the monitoring required to improve management of regional inshore hypoxia along the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Education and Outreach activities necessary to raise public awareness on the health and economic impacts of hypoxia.

Latest Workshop Information

View the agenda and presentations from the 3rd Annual Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Research Coordination Workshop held at Bay St Louis, MS on March 27 and March 28, 2012.

Previous Workshop Proceedings

• 2011 Workshop Proceedings

Links to Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee Products

• FY10 Hypoxic Zone Monitoring Coordination Plan and Report (1.0 MB)
• Gulf Hypoxia Communications Plan (516 KB)
• Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Monitoring Implementation Plan (568 KB)
• Gulf Hypoxia Monitoring Stakeholder Committee Background Information (20 KB)
• Hypoxia White Paper (260 KB)

Search Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Information

• Access to Hypoxia Data and Products - created by NOAA's National Coastal Data Development Center

State Hypoxia Links

- Alabama

• Oyster Reef Restoration in Bon Secour Bay

- Florida

• Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Preliminary 2005 Research Cruise
• Short-term Effects of a Low Dissolved Oxygen Event on Estuarine Fish Assemblages Following the Passage of Hurricane Charley
• Exploring Temporal and Spatial Variability in Nekton Community Structure

- Louisiana

• Research Activities of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

- Mississippi

• Coastal Zone Management Program Section 309 Assessment and Strategy

- Texas

• Modeling in Corpus Christi Bay using a Hydrologic Information System
• WATERS Test Bed Site - Corpus Christi Bay

Federal Hypoxia Links

- The White House Whitehouse.gov

• Scientific Assessment in U.S. Coastal Waters - Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, 2010. Inter-agency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. Washington, DC.
• The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force - consists of five federal agencies and ten state agencies.

- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA.gov

• Gulf of Mexico 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.
• Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Science Assessment - The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, documents the state of knowledge of the extent, characteristics, causes, and effects (both ecological and economic) of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
• Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and 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 multi-year, 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.

• Dead Zone Data Visualization - Click on the title to load and view a data visualization that discusses the causes of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. This product was created by the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory. Note: resolution 1280x900, run-time is 3:50 Minutes and Flash Player or Apple Quick-time plug-ins are required.
• Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act Fact Sheet - Produced by NOAA's National Ocean Service
• Diving Deeper: Dead Zone - Check-out this Podcast and learn about dead zones in this interview with Rob Magnien from the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research. Note: Produced on July 1, 2009, run-time is 11:42 minutes

- Environmental Protection Agency EPA.gov

• 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.gov

• Mississippi River Basin/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient (Hypoxia) Task Force - This 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 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.
• Publications and Online Reports - The USGS Toxics Program maintains a complete bibliography of publications produced by USGS researchers.