Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia: Land and Sea Interactions

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June 29, 1999
Task Force Report

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/1f3t0c16

Task Force Chairs

John A. Downing

Department of Animal Ecology, Iowa State University

Authors

James L. Baker

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University

Robert J. Diaz

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

Tony Prato

Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri

Nancy N. Rabalais

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Roger J. Zimmerman

National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Abstract

A CAST task force of 6 scientists provides recommendations to help better understand all aspects of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and other areas of the world, and to decrease the Gulf hypoxic zone.

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