The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Zone:

Mississippi River Basin

Gulf of Mexico- Major Inlets Laguna Madre Big Thicket Mississippi Delta Appalachicola Bay Everglades

Causes of Hypoxia Zone in Gulf Waters   Increase in nitrogen inputs to Gulf--nitrate concentrations have quadrupled in past 50 years   generation of wastewater   application of fertilizers   nitrogen fixation by leguminious crops   atmospheric deposition of oxidized nitrogen from fossil fuel combustion   Loss of natural wetland and vegetation along the banks has removed the watershed's nutrient-buffering capacity   River channelization for flood control and navigation has increased freshwater to the continental shelf.

Create a Concept Map That connects and Explains the Relationships of the following Terms   Cultural Eutrophication   Algal Bloom   BOD   Hypoxia   Waste Water Treatment   Dead Zone   Water Shed   Nitrogen   Phosphates   Corn   Agriculture   Dissolved Oxygen   Fertilizer   Mississippi River   Population Growth   Decreased Wetlands and Vegetation