Modeling Coastal Hypoxia

Preface.- 1. Numerical experiment of stratification induced by diurnal solar heating over the Louisiana shelf.- 2. Physical Drivers of the Circulation and Thermal Regime Impacting Seasonal Hypoxia in Green Bay, Lake Michigan.-  3. Interannual variation in stratification over the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelf and Effects on Seasonal Hypoxia.- 4. A Reduced Complexity, Hybrid Empirical-Mechanistic Model of Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Shallow Marine Ecosystems.- 5. Modeling Physical and Biogeochemical Controls on Dissolved Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay: Lessons Learned from Simple and Complex Approaches.- 6. Modeling Hypoxia and its Ecological Consequences in Chesapeake Bay.- 7. Modeling River-Induced Phosphorus Limitation in the Context of Coastal Hypoxia.- 8. Predicted Effects of Climate Change on Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia.- 9. Oregon Shelf Hypoxia Modeling.- 10. Comparing Default Movement Algorithms for Individual Fish Avoidance of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.- 11. HypoxiaEffects Within an Intraguild Predation Food Web of Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores, larval fish, and copepods.- 12. Simulating the Effects of Hypoxia on Bay Anchovy in the Chesapeake Bay Using Coupled Hydrodynamic, Water Quality, and Individual-Based Fish Models.- 13. Simulation of the Population-Level Responses of Fish to Hypoxia: Should We Expect Sampling to Detect Responses?- 14. Using Ecosystem Modeling to Determine Hypoxia Effect on Fish and Fisheries.- 15. Numerical Modeling of Hypoxia and its Effects: Synthesis and Going Forward.

Dr. Dubravko Justic is Texaco Distinguished Professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU). Previously, he was Eric L. Abraham Distinguished Professor in Louisiana Environmental Studies and Director of LSU's Coastal Ecology Institute. His research interests include ecosystem modeling, coastal eutrophication, hypoxia, and potential impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. He has studied extensively low oxygen zones in the northern Adriatic Sea and northern Gulf of Mexico and has employed various types of numerical simulation models to describe controls of environmental factors on hypoxia and predict the consequences of management actions. He is presently working on characterizing connectivity among wetland, estuarine and shelf ecosystems in the northern Gulf of Mexico and evaluating tradeoffs associated with different Mississippi River management alternatives.

Dr. Kenneth Rose is Professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, and Associate Dean for Research in the College of the Coast and Environment, at Louisiana State University.  He will soon be joining the faculty at Horn Point Laboratory, part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, as the Franz Merrick Professor in Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration. Dr. Rose's research centers on using mathematical and computer simulation modeling to predict and better understand fish population and food web dynamics in estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans. He was recently awarded the Award of Excellence (for lifetime achievement) from the American Fisheries Society. He has been a member of multiple steering and advisory committees providing scientific guidance and oversight, including several National Academy of Sciences' committees. Dr. Rose has published over 150 papers on topics related to ecological and fisheries modeling and analysis, and has served on multiple editorial boards. He