Storm-stirred waters help shrink Gulf's low-oxygen dead zoneAugust 02, 2005; The Times-PicayuneBut it's still too big, marine scientists sayBy Mark Schleifstein Staff writer The dead zone, large patches of water along Louisiana's coast containing very low levels of oxygen, was smaller than last year's but, at 4,564 square miles, still more than double the goal [...]

Big trouble on reefs off Sarasota Fl August 2005 From: "pam" <pamar@comcast.net> To: "Nancy Rabalais" <nrabalais@lumcon.edu> Subject: Re: big trouble on reefs off Sarasota Fl Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 01:01:05 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Aug 2005 04:52:40.0764 (UTC) FILETIME=[2C0B6FC0:01C59C9E]     Dear Dr. Rabalais,    Carl Deaver, a marine field biologist [...]

Mapping of Dead Zone CompletedPRESS RELEASE, JULY 29, 2005 The coast wide extent of the Louisiana "dead zone" mapped this week is 11,840 square kilometers (or 4,564 square miles), slightly smaller than the size of Connecticut, reported Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Chief Scientist for Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Studies. The low oxygen waters extended from [...]

Smaller Gulf dead zone brings boon to fishermenJuly 20, 2005, Houma Daily Courier By KIMBERLY SOLET Senior Staff Writer           HOUMA -- Fishermen trawling in the Gulf will have an easier time catching shrimp this summer because scientists are forecasting that the dead zone, or amount of dissolved oxygen suffocating marine [...]

DEAD ZONE VIDEODec 29, 2004, ScienCentral NewsDate: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:57:11 -0500 Subject: Re: Dead zone video From: Brad Kloza <brad@sciencentral.com> To: Nancy Rabalais <nrabalais@lumcon.edu> Thanks Nancy. Our first dead zone story already ran, but we plan to do another, and I would love to work with you when that one happens. You can [...]

Vibrio Infection in GalvestonAugust 16, 2004Richard,I am not an expert on the Vibrio.  I just suspect it is related to contaminated waters, and Galveston seems to have its share, even Vibrio cholorae in the past.  The low oxygen offshore is from phytoplankton growth stimulated by an over excess of nutrients, especially nitrate, mostly from the [...]

Dead zone may boost shark attacksAugust 04, 2004 11:45 AM; BBC A huge "dead zone" of water that has spread across the Gulf of Mexico may be contributing to an unusual spate of shark bites along the Texas coast. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3534658.stm   In the last 30 years, the dead zone has been an annual event, fed [...]

Average Size "Dead Zone" in Anything but an Average YearPRESS RELEASE, JULY 26, 2004 The coast-wide extent of the Louisiana "dead zone" mapped this week is slightly larger than average at 15,040 km2 (5,800 square miles). The long-term average since mapping began in 1985 is 13,000 km2 (5,000 square miles). The river flow and the [...]

Anoxic Water To Shore in Belle PassJuly 2004To: mschexnayder@agcenter.lsu.edu, aarousse@dhh.la.gov, Dguilbea@dhh.la.gov, Jantoon@dhh.la.gov, wmorrison@lumcon.edu, Banks_PD@wlf.state.la.us, Bourgeois_MJ@wlf.state.la.us, awold@theadvocate.com, Schleifstein_M, cburdeau@ap.org, nrle@ap.org, Pausina_RB@wlf.state.la.us, hblanchet@wlf.state.la.us, Karen.Gautreaux@la.gov,dvincen@dhh.la.gov, DMJohnson@msoneworleans.uscg.mil, Foote_K@wlf.state.la.us, mikelif@lsu.edu, Roussel_JE@wlf.state.la.us, jhorst@agcenter.lsu.edu,bchampion@dhh.la.gov, Hanifen_J@wlf.state.la.us, Dunne_Mike, St.Pe_Kerry, Tim.Orsi@ncddc.noaa.gov, frnaquin@dhh.la.gov, Jantoon@dhh.la.gov, rrobicha@dhh.la.gov, <wmorrison@lumcon.edu, Banks_PD@wlf.state.la.us, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Chris.Piehler@la.gov, bchampion@dhh.la.gov, Hardcastle_BT@wlf.state.la.us From: Nancy Rabalais <nrabalais@lumcon.edu>Subject: Re: notice from surfers @ FourchonlAll, I did not have an [...]

'Dead zones' threaten fisheriesMay 27, 2004, Christian Science Monitor       http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0527/p13s01-sten.html            By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor       In midsummer, the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the Mississippi River       empties into it, may shimmer like any other swath of sea. But a few score       feet below, bottom-dwelling fish and [...]