Nancy N. Rabalais is an American marine ecologist. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, she is the daughter of Kathryn Charlotte Preusch and Stephen Anthony Nash, a mechanical engineer, and the second of four children. R. Eugene Turner is the editor of Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems, published by Wiley.

• PrefaceNancy N Rabalais and R Eugene Turner v1 Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Description, Causes and ChangeNancy N Rabalais and R Eugene Turner 1Section I: Plankton2 Impacts of Changing Si/N Ratios and Phytoplankton Species CompositionQuay Dortch, Nancy N Rabalais, R Eugene Turner, and Naureen A, Qureshi 373 Zooplankton: Responses to and Consequences of Hypoxia Nancy H Marcus 494 Distribution of Zooplankton on a Seasonally Hypoxic Continental ShelfNaureen A, Qureshi and Nancy N Rabalais 615 Pelagic Cnidarians and Ctenophores in Low Dissolved Oxygen Environments: A ReviewJennifer E Purcell, Denise L Breitburg, Mary Beth Decker, 144'Illare M Graham, Marsh d Youngbluth, and Kevin A Raskoff 77Section II: Physiology and Behavior6 Physiological Responses to HypoxiaLouis E Burnett and 14qlliam B Stickle 1017 Responses of Nekton and Demersal and Benthic Fauna to Decreasing Oxygen ConcentrationsNancy N Rabalais, Donald E Harper, Jr., and R Eugene Turner 115Section III: Benthos8 Overview of Anthropogenically-Induced Hypoxic Effects on Marine Benthic FaunaRobert J Diaz and Rutget Rosenberg 1299 Benthic Foraminiferal Communities in Oxygen-Depleted Environments of the Louisiana Continental ShelfEmil Platon and Barun K Sen Gupta 14710 Effects of Hypoxia and Anoxia on Meiofauna: A Review with New Data from the Gulf of MexicoMarkus A, Wetzel, John W Fleeger, and Sean P Powers 16511 Effect of Hypoxia/Anoxia on the Supply and Settlement of Benthic Invertebrate Larvae.Sean P Powers, Donald E Harper, Jr., and Nancy N Rabalais 18512 Effects of Seasonal Hypoxia on Continental Shelf BenthosNancy N Rabalais, Lorene E Smith, Donald E Harper, Jr., and Dubravko Justic Section IV: Fish and Fisheries13 Effects of Low Dissolved Oxygen on the Behavior, Ecology and Harvest of Fishes: A Comparison of the Chesapeake Bay and Baltic-Kattegat SystemsDenise L Breitburg, Leif Pihl, and Sarah E Kolesar 24114 Ecological Effects of Hypoxia on Fish, Sea Turtles, and Marine Mammals in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexicod Kevin Craig, Larry B Crowder, Charlotte D Gray, Cartie d McDaniel, Tyrrell A Henwood, and dames G Hanifen 26915 Effects of Hypoxia on the Shrimp Fishery of Louisiana and TexasRoger d Zimmerman and dames M Nance 29316 Distribution of Catch in the Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, Purse Seine Fishery in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Logbook Information: Are There Relationships to the Hypoxic Zone?doseph W Smith 311Section V: Food Webs and Ecosystems17 The Effects of Hypoxia on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystem: A Fisheries PerspectiveEdward J Chesney and Donald M Baltz 32118 A Brief Overview of Catchment Basin Effects on Marine Fisheriesdohn E Caddy 35519 Some Effects of Eutrophication on Pelagic and Demersal Marine Food WebsR Eugene Turner 371Section VI: Perspectives20 An Economic Perspective of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of MexicoWalter R Keithly, dr, and dohn M Ward 39921 Hypoxia, Nutrient Management and Restoration in Danish WatersDaniel d Conley and Alf B doseJ3on 42522 Future Perspectives for Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of MexicoDubravko dustic, Nancy N Rabalais, and R Eugene Turner 435Summary23 Commonality and the FutureR Eugene Turner and Nancy N Rabalais 451Index 455