Description:
Objective:
The main objective of this research project is to better define the physical
and biological processes affecting the distribution of low oxygen through experiments
with instrumentation, empirical relationships, and modeling. Development of
technological capabilities and expanded modeling efforts will provide the necessary
data sets to improve our research competitiveness, as well as support the development
of human resources, particularly in public and graduate education. The project
will address research questions about vertical and horizontal transport of oxygen,
timing and duration of low oxygen, cross-shelf and alongshore dynamics, transformation
of hypoxic water masses, and integration of the physics (winds and currents)
with biological processes.
Supplemental Keywords:
hypoxia, anoxia, continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, eutrophication, nonpoint source pollution, coupled physical/biological models, climate variability.
, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, RFA, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Water, Aquatic Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Biochemistry, Chemicals, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Microbiology, Fate & Transport, Monitoring/Modeling, Restoration, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Water & Watershed, Watersheds, Mississippi, aquatic ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, coastal zone, continuous monitoring, ecological impact, ecological research, ecology assessment models, ecosystem stress, environmental measurement, environmental monitoring, environmental stress, fate and transport, heavy metals, hydrology, hypoxia, integrated watershed model, particle reactive contaminants, restoration strategies, sediment transport, source load modeling, water circulation, water monitoring, water quality, watershed influences, watershed management, watershed restoration
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