Dr. Nancy Rabalais

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Distinguished Research Professor
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985-851-2836

Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico | Phytoplankton Guide | Restore Food Web

Education

  • Ph.D., 1983, Zoology, The University of Texas at Austin
  • M.S., 1975, Biology, Texas A & I University, Kingsville
  • B.S., 1972, Biology, Texas A & I University, Kingsville

Research Interests

  • Ocean Acidification
  • Coastal change, eutrophication, and hypoxia
  • Cumulative coastal stressors
  • Historical reconstruction of ecosystem changes from sediments
  • Pelagic and benthic processes in continental shelf hypoxic areas
  • Coastal ecosystem impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
  • Benthic infauna as part of marsh restoration food webs

Current Projects

  • Coastal change, eutrophication, and hypoxia
  • Cumulative coastal stressors
  • Pelagic and benthic processes in continental shelf hypoxic areas
  • Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon on coastal wetland fauna
  • Oil in the Sea

Teaching

  • LSU Course: 4999 Capstone
  • LSU Course: 4038 Scientific Writing and Collaboration

Research Group

  • Wendy Morrison, Senior Research Associate/CWC Deputy Director (B.S., 1987, Biology, University of Louisiana Monroe)
  • Gina Woods, Data Manager, Gulf Hypoxia (B.S., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2017)
  • Luke P. Sawyer, Ph.D. Candidate, Louisiana State University – Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Selected Publications

  • Rabalais, N.N., R.E. Turner, and W.J. Wiseman, Jr. 2002. Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, a.k.a. “The Dead Zone.” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33: 235-263.
  • Breitburg, D., et al. (incl. Rabalais, N.N.) 2018. Ocean deoxygenation – Causes and consequences in a changing world. Science 359, eaam7240.
  • Rabalais, N.N., et al. 2010. Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused coastal hypoxia. Biogeosciences 7: 585-619.
  • Rabalais, N.N., R.E. Turner, and D. Scavia. 2002. Beyond science into policy: Gulf of Mexico hypoxia and the Mississippi River. BioScience 52: 129-142.
  • Turner, R.E. and N.N. Rabalais. 1994. Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta. Nature 368: 619-621.
  • Rabalais, N.N. and R.E. Turner. 2019. Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia: Past, Present, and Future. Limnology and Oceanography: Bulletin 28.

A complete publication list is available on the LUMCON website.