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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Projects & Programs Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub BioGoMx Site Search:		Dr. Nancy Rabalais Image provided by Dr. Rabalais Institution(s) / Organization(s): Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) 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. Oil spill-related project: - The Effects of the Macondo Oil Spill on Coastal Ecosystems (LUMCON Consortium) Education: Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 1983 M.S. Texas A & I University, Kingsville, Texas, U.S.A., 1975 B.S. Texas A & I University, Kingsville, Texas, U.S.A., 1972 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 U.S.A. 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 Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico The Effects of the Macondo Oil Spill on Coastal Ecosystems (LUMCON Consortium) Keywords:   Hypoxia, Nutrient, Eutrophication, Oceanography, Biology, Estuary, Ecology, Benthos, DWH oil spill, GoMRI, LUMCON consortium
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