| Description |
1 online resource (li, 284 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Springer series on environmental management, 0172-6161 |
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Springer series on environmental management.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Glossary; List of Acronyms and Symbols; Conversion Factors and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Findings; Recommendations for Monitoring and Research; Recommendations for Adaptive Management; Management Options; Protecting and Enhancing Social Welfare in the Basin; Conclusion; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Hypoxia and the Northern Gulf of Mexico A Brief Overview; 1.2 Science and Management Goals for Reducing Hypoxia; 1.3 Hypoxia Study Group; 1.4 The Study Groups Approach; 2 Characterization of Hypoxia |
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2.1 Historical Patterns and Evidence for Hypoxia on the Shelf2.2 The Physical Context; 2.2.1 Oxygen Budget: General Considerations; 2.2.2 Vertical Mixing as a Function of Stratification and Vertical Shear; 2.2.3 Changes in Mississippi River Hydrology and Their Effects on Vertical Mixing; 2.2.4 Zones of Hypoxia Controls; 2.2.5 Shelf Circulation: Local Versus Regional; 2.3 Role of N and P in Controlling Primary Production; 2.3.1 Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fluxes to the NGOM Background |
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2.3.2 N and P Limitation in Different Shelf Zones and Linkages Between High Primary Production Inshore and the Hypoxic Regions Farther Offshore2.4 Other Limiting Factors and the Role of Si; 2.5 Sources of Organic Matter to the Hypoxic Zone; 2.5.1 Sources of Organic Matter to NGOM: Post 2000 Integrated Assessment; 2.5.2 Advances in Organic Matter Understanding: Characterization and Processes; 2.5.3 Synthesis Efforts Regarding Organic Matter Sources; 2.6 Denitrification, P Burial, and Nutrient Recycling; 2.7 Possible Regime Shift in the Gulf of Mexico |
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2.8 Single Versus Dual Nutrient Removal Strategies2.9 Current State of Forecasting; 3 Nutrient Fate, Transport, and Sources; 3.1 Temporal Characteristics of Streamflow and Nutrient Flux; 3.1.1 MARB Annual and Seasonal Fluxes; 3.1.1.1 Annual Patterns; 3.1.1.2 Seasonal Patterns; 3.1.2 Subbasin Annual and Seasonal Flux; 3.1.2.1 Annual Patterns; 3.1.2.2 Annual Flux Estimates; 3.1.2.3 Annual Yield Estimates; 3.1.2.4 Seasonal Patterns; 3.2 Mass Balance of Nutrients; 3.2.1 Cropping Patterns; 3.2.2 Nonpoint Sources; 3.2.3 Point Sources; 3.3 Nutrient Transport Processes; 3.3.1 Aquatic Processes |
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3.3.2 Freshwater Wetlands3.3.3 Nutrient Sources and Sinks in Coastal Wetlands; 3.4 Ability to Route and Predict Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf; 3.4.1 SPARROW Model; 3.4.2 SWAT Model; 3.4.3 IBIS/THMB Model; 3.4.4 Discussion and Comparison of Models; 3.4.5 Targeting; 3.4.6 Model Uncertainty; 4 Scientific Basis for Goals and Management Options; 4.1 Adaptive Management; 4.2 Setting Targets for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Reduction; 4.3 Protecting Water Quality and Social Welfare in the Basin; 4.3.1 Assessment and Review of the Cost Estimates from the CENR Integrated Assessment |
| Summary |
The goal of the book is to examine scientific advances since 2000 that may have increased understanding and options in three general areas related to hypoxia: Characterization the Cause(s) of Hypoxia. The physical, biological and chemical processes that affect the development, persistence and extent of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Characterization of Nutrient Fate, Transport and Sources. Nutrient loadings, fate, transport and sources in the Mississippi River that impact Gulf Hypoxia. Scientific Basis for Goals and Management Options. The scientific basis for, and recommended revisio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-275) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nutrient pollution of water -- Mexico, Gulf of
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Water -- Oxygen content -- Mexico, Gulf of
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Hypoxia (Water) -- Mexico, Gulf of
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Water quality management -- Mexico, Gulf of
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Hypoxia (Water)
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Nutrient pollution of water
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Water quality management
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| SUBJECT |
Gulf of Mexico |
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Gulf of Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dale, Virginia H.
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| ISBN |
9780387896861 |
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0387896864 |
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