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Dr. Nancy Rabalais

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Dr. Rabalais is the Executive Director and a Professor with the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). Her research interests include biological oceanography of continental shelf ecosystems influenced by large rivers, distribution and dynamics of hypoxic water masses, animal/sediment relationships, pelagic-benthic coupling, estuarine and benthic ecology, environmental effects of habitat alterations, effects of petroleum and chemical industries, eutrophication and effects of hypoxia.

Institution(s) / Organization(s):
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Education:
B.S. Texas A and I University , Kingsville, TX, USA, 1972
M.S. Texas A and I University , Kingsville, TX, USA, 1975
Ph.D. University of Texas, TX, USA, 1983


Area of Expertise / Interest:
Biological Oceanography; Estuarine and Benthic Ecology; Ecology; Ecological Indicators; Habitat Loss; Harmful Algal Blooms; Hypoxia; Oil and Gas Development; Restoration; Biological Oceanography

Preferred Language:   English

Mailing Address:
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
DeFelice Marine Center
8124 Highway 56
Chauvin, Louisiana 70344
USA
Telephone: +1 985-851-2801
Fax: +1 985-851-2874
E-mail: nrabalais@lumcon.edu

Home Page URL:   http://www.lumcon.edu/research/faculty.asp?name=nrabalais

Links to Projects or Publications:
Hypoxia Studies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Barataria Multiple Stressor Research Program
http://wwwHypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.gulfhypoxia.net/

Keywords:   Hypoxia, Nutrient, Eutrophication, Oceanography, Biology, Estuary, Ecology, Benthos


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