While jellyfish populations in the Gulf of Mexico have been increasing for over a decade, unusually large numbers of adult jellyfish were present in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the late summer of 2000. The native jellies, such as ...

Previous assessments concerning the development of anoxia (severe oxygen deficiency) in Louisiana shelf waters have assumed that the only reduced carbon source for sulfate-reducing bacteria is plankton blooms and have overlooked natural hydrocarbon seepage from deep-seated reservoirs (seeps). To confirm ...

Acoustic data recording instruments are being periodically deployed in various parts of Charlotte Harbor (vicinity of Ft Myers, Florida). Sounds produced by various species of fishes, marine mammals and crustaceans are identified and cataloged. The frequency of occurrence of the ...

Mote Marine Laboratory is undertaking a coordinated, multi-disciplinary study to determine the ecological health of Charlotte Harbor, southwestern Florida. The study builds on Mote's history of pioneering research in the Harbor, present expertise in specific research areas, and access to ...

Principal Investigator
Eric P. Chassignet -- Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Abstract

The Deep-C Consortium is a long-term, interdisciplinary study of deep-sea-to-coast connectivity in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The study will investigate the environmental consequences of ...

Hypoxia occurs in many parts of the world’s aquatic environments, and the second largest zone of oxygen-depleted coastal waters in the world is off the Louisiana shore. The size reached 20,700 km2 in 2001, the largest ever. Hypoxic waters are ...