Where We Work

Our Research and Activity in Louisiana

State-Related Research Projects

• Impacts of Hypoxia on Fish and Fisheries in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
• Hypoxia’s Effects on the Shrimp Fishery in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico
• Mechanisms Controlling Hypoxia: Integrated Causal Modeling of the Oceanographic Processes that Cause the Dead Zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
• National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
• Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development
• Characterization of Toxin Synthesis Pathways in Toxic Dinoflagellates
• Brevetoxin Metabolism and Physiology - A Freshwater Model of Morbidity in Endangered Sea Turtles
• Modeling Reproductive and Population Impacts of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
• Evaluating Changes in Health and Well-being in Communities Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Recent Related News and Headlines

• Two Studies Mississippi River Diversions Could Harm Marshland
• Spring Floods May Increase This Year’s Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
• Restoring Louisiana Wetlands Requires More Sediment, Say Scientists
• Some call for tougher fertilizer regulations | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com
• Runoff from Iowa farms growing concern in Gulf | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com
• Extreme Weather: A Mixed Bag for Dead Zones | WRI Insights
• Hypoxia Researcher Receives Prestigious MacArthur Fellow Award
• Meet the Fellows / Class of 2012 MacArthur Fellow / Nancy Rabalais (with video)
• Genius Grant Winners Include Ecologist Who Studies Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone | WFPL
• Mercury Levels in the Gulf of Mexico Quantified in NOAA Report
• Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Task Force Convenes to Direct Future Work
• Deep Coral Expert Leads Research Aboard Google Executive’s Philanthropic Research Vessel
• Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Grant Awarded to NOAA Partner
• Giant Asian tiger prawn invade Gulf waters
• Big Drought Makes for a Small ‘Dead Zone’ – NYTimes.com