GLIN==> UPCOMING COASTAL HYPOXIA SEMINARS

[Kanika Suri <Kanika.Suri@noaa.gov>]

We have scheduled two seminars for the NOAA/ University of Michigan 
Coastal Hypoxia Seminar Series for the week of 11/13. Please find the 
details listed below.

1) Speaker: Dr. Eugene Turner, Lousiana State University

Title: "Linking landscape and water quality in the Mississippi River 
basin for 200 years "

Date: Tuesday, November 14

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 
Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48105

Abstract
The world’s second largest zone of coastal hypoxia (oxygen depleted 
waters usually without marine organisms) is on the northern Gulf of 
Mexico continental shelf, adjacent to the outflows of the Mississippi 
and Atchafalaya Rivers. Decades of research, monitoring and 
retrospective analysis support the conclusion that land use in the 
watershed is reflected in the ecology of the continental shelf. Nitrogen 
loading in the Mississippi River at New Orleans is moving towards a 
situation encouraging N and Si limitation. This result will likely alter 
phytoplankton community composition, and may compromise diatom -> 
zooplankton -> fish food webs. It is clear that nitrogen reductions in 
the sub-basins of the upper Midwest will be a key to the success of 
government polices to reduce hypoxia, and scientists are playing a 
unique and important role in informing this policy process. The Action 
Plan developed by State, Federal and Tribal entitles identifies a 
quantitative goal for a reduced hypoxic zone -- a 30% reduction in the 
nitrogen load. The Plan recognizes that all nitrogen sources should be 
included in the strategy and includes other nutrients. However, because 
74% of the nitrate load is from agricultural non-point sources, and 
because 56% of the total nitrate load comes from north of the Ohio 
River, it is clear that nitrogen reductions in the sub-basins of the 
upper Midwest will be a key to its implementation.


2) Speaker: Dr. Steve Lozano, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Title: "Empirical assessments of Lake Erie ecological conditions"

Date: Thursday, November 16

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 2205 
Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48105

Abstract
There are a multitude of stressors that impact the Lake Erie ecosystem. 
Some stressors have been a part of the ecosystem for centuries 
(hypoxia), decades (nutrients), and years (exotic species). In my 
presentation, I will present several statistical modeling techniques 
that will allow an understanding of the impact of environmental 
stressors based on an integration of individuals, populations, 
communities, and ecosystem levels. I will compile and evaluate a time 
series of data on physical habitat and benthic surveys from 1967 to 
2004. These data represent a period before and after the invasion of 
dreissenid mussels. The proposed analyses should improve our 
understanding of the impacts of hypoxia and exotic species invasion on 
benthic ecosystems.

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If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at 
kanika.suri@noaa.gov; or call 734-741-2147.

For more information about the seminar series, please visit our website 
at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/




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Kanika Suri
Web Designer Associate

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.,
Ann Arbor, MI
48105

Tel: (734) 741-2147
Fax: (734) 741-2055

www.glerl.noaa.gov

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