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Archived Documents
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Reassessment
Science Advisory Board Panel
2007 Science Advisory Board Report on Gulf Hypoxia (PDF) (333 pp, 4.74MB)
- Determination of Panel Membership (PDF) (9 pp, 71K)
- Bibliography and Abstracts for SAB: Master list of articles with abstracts (PDF) (141 pp, 531K)
- Reference Documents for the SAB Hypoxia Advisory Panel (HAP)
Science Symposia to Reassess the Science of Hypoxia
The following four symposia were conducted as part of the Reassessment with the purpose of assessing the current state of the science of hypoxia. An additional workshop on the science of nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin contributed to the reassessment.
Sources, Transport, and Fate of Nutrients in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins
November 7–9, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN
Presentations and Agenda (PDF) (5 pp, 136K)
Citations from each presenter (PDF) (11 pp, 85K)
Nutrient Loading & Removal in the Lower Mississippi River Basin: Data, Trends & Opportunities
June 1–2, 2006, New Orleans, LA
Presentations and Agenda (PDF) (5 pp, 91K)
Agenda Sessions Transcripts: 9 Sessions (PDF) (73 pp, 287K)
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the State of the Science
April 25-27, 2006, New Orleans, LA
Presentations and Agenda (PDF) (3 pp, 91K)
Panel Summaries (PDF) (21 pp, 39K)
(concluding statements from panelists reviewing lead authors' papers)
Agenda Sessions Transcripts: 6 Sessions (PDF) (118 pp, 421K)
Papers prepared by Session Authors:
- Session 1 (PDF) (36 pp, 3.1MB)
- Session 2 (PDF) (32 pp, 1.3MB)
- Session 4 (PDF) (46 pp, 331K)
- Session 6 (PDF) (41 pp, 288K)
Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop
September 26-28, 2005, Ames, IA
Workshop Summary
Presentations and Agenda (PDF) (205 pp, 2MB)
Full proceedings, by session:
- Session 1 (PDF) (15 pp, 384K)
- Session 2 (PDF) (8 pp, 284K)
- Session 4 (PDF) (17 pp, 73K)
- Session 5 (PDF) (14 pp, 82K)
- Session 6 (PDF) (15 pp, 82K)
- Session 7 (PDF) (20 pp, 77K)
- Session 8 (PDF) (11 pp, 53K)
- Session 9 (PDF) (12 pp, 40K)
- Session 10 (PDF) (22 pp, 735K)
- Session 11 (PDF) (11 pp, 62K)
- Session 12 (PDF) (14 pp, 59K)
- Session 13 (PDF) (16 pp, 318K)
- Session 14 (PDF) (27 pp, 98K)
- Session 15 (PDF) (11 pp, 55K)
Management Action Reassessment Team (MART) and Science Reassessment Team (SRT) Products
- MART Report (PDF) (31 pp, 3.5MB)
- Point Source Loadings Assessment (PDF) (31 pp, 1.2MB)
Mississippi River Basin Nutrients Science Workshop
October 4-6, 2005, St. Louis, MO
Meeting Proceedings (PDF) (5 pp, 131K)
EPA Region 4
Full Public comments:
- Comment 1 (PDF) (8 pp, 106K)
- Comment 2 (PDF) (34 pp, 1.8MB)
- Comment 3 (PDF) (4 pp, 23K)
- Comment 4 (PDF) (2 pp, 34K)
- Comment 5 (PDF) (17 pp, 78K)
- Comment 6 (PDF) (3 pp, 57K)
- White Paper August 2004 Cover Letter (PDF) (2 pp, 119K)
- White Paper August 2004 (PDF) (25 pp, 674K)
Monitoring, Modeling, and Research (MMR) Workgroup
2001 Action Plan
Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (2000) (66 pp, 1.3MB)
- Draft Integrated Assessment (PDF) (53 pp, 12.7MB)
- CENR's 1999 Preparatory Hypoxia Assessment Reports
- Characterization of Hypoxia (PDF) (203 pp, 12.6MB)
- Ecological and Economic Consequences of Hypoxia (PDF) (63 pp, 366K)
- Flux and Sources of Nutrients (PDF) (159 pp, 4.1MB)
- Effects of Reducing Nutrient Loads (PDF) (158 pp, 4MB)
- Reducing Nutrient Loads (PDF) (134 pp, 5.9MB)
- Costs and Benefits Analysis of Methods for Reducing Hypoxia (PDF) (137 pp, 3.5MB)
- Public comments on the six preparatory reports
2001 Action Plan (PDF) (36 pp. 6.3MB)
The 2001 Action Plan describes a national strategy to reduce the frequency, duration, size, and degree of oxygen depletion of the hypoxic zone of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The plan was submitted as a Report to Congress on January 18, 2001.
Charter
Charter of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (PDF) (5 pp, 24K)