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Nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) and Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi River Basin (from USGS Fact Sheet 016-00)

The USGS provides scientific information to support management actions intended to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin and Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. USGS has participated in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force since its inception in 1997. The information USGS provides includes:

• Nutrient Flux for the Mississippi River Basin and Subbasins
  
  
• Real-time Streamflow and Water Quality (Mississippi River Basin Discharge to the Gulf)
  
  
• Models Describing Sources and Potential Causal Factors for Excess Nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin
  
  
• Research on Nutrient Transport, Fate, and Effects