Hypoxia in Estuaries, Lakes, and Coastal Waters

Hypoxia or "low oxygen" describes a condition in water. Hypoxia causes a severe reduction of the amount, or in in extreme cases, the complete loss of animal life in hypoxic zones. Following is a selected list of UMass Amherst Library and Internet resources on hypoxia in estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters.

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Library Resources

Databases
Our subscription databases index and/or provide access to articles, books, and other scholarly materials. Databases are available on Library computers to all and off-campus to UMass students, faculty, staff, and affiliates with an OIT account; enter your OIT username and password when prompted. Following is a list databases and periodical indexes useful in locating materials on hypoxia in estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters. (See the Research Databases list for the Library's complete database list.)

Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for articles from serial publications, books, reports, and conference proceedings published in the field of aquatic science.

Biological and Agricultural Index
Citations to articles in about 300 English-language scholarly journals on agriculture and related disciplines such as food production, nutrition, forestry, marine biology and plant pathology. Includes abstracts for recent articles from about 20% of journals covered.

CAB Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, chapters, conference proceedings, and reports relating to agriculture, crop protection, forestry, the environment, biotechnology, agricultural economics, rural sociology and development, leisure, recreation and tourism, nutrition, public health, and veterinary medicine. Over 4 million records dating back to 1910.

Environmental Issues and Policy Index
Citations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals.

Environmental Universe
Articles from general, scholarly, and trade periodicals on all aspects of the environment, plus environmental law and regulations.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Citations, abstracts and full text articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences.

GeoRef
Citations to books, periodical articles, dissertations, maps, and reports relating to geological sciences. Geology of North America is covered from 1785 to the present. Geology of the world is covered from 1933 to the present.

Science Direct
Full-text scholarly journals from the sciences and the social sciences published within the last five years.

Web of Science
Indexes scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities beginning in 1945.

WorldCat
Search the catalogs of thousands of libraries around the world. Material not locally owned can often be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.

Journals
Following are examples of key journals to locate information on hypoxia in lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters. Online journals are available on Library computers to all and off-campus to UMass students, faculty, staff, and affiliates with an OIT account; enter your OIT username and password when prompted.  [NOTE: "Paper" links to our old catalog - use just for finding call number - holdings information will be incorrect. Links to be updated soon.]

• Ambio [ Online ] [ Paper ]
• Aquaculture [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Aquatic Toxicology [ Online ]
• Bioscience [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Ecological Modelling [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Geological Society of America, Bulletin [ Paper ]
  
• Journal of Environmental Quality [ Paper ]
  
• Limnology and Oceanography [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Marine Environmental Research [ Online ]
  
• Marine Pollution Bulletin [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Nature [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• New Scientist [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  
• Science [ Online ] [ Paper ]
  

UMass Amherst Library Catalog
Search for books, journals, and other materials by author, title, subject, keyword, call number, etc. Using the Basic serach for materials on a specific subject, enter your term(s) and select Subject key words. The Library of Congress Subject Headings (Z695.L695+) located near the Reference Desk suggests search terms (subject headings). Some examples of relevant subject headings in hypoxia in estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters follow.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Coastal Ecology
Fishes -- Effect of Water Pollution
Fishes -- Effect of Water Quality
Freshwater Ecology
Hypoxia (Water)
Marine Animals -- Effect of Water Pollution
Marine Animals -- Effect of Water Quality
Marine Ecology
Seawater -- Composition
Water -- Composition
Water -- Dissolved Oxygen

Internet Resources

Federal Grant Opportunities
Site to post and search for federal funding opportunities. Use the keyword search to locate federal grants on hypoxia.

Global Occurence of Hypoxic Zones
Map from EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal.

Hypoxia (Ecological Society of America)
Site defines and describes and gives its causes and effects.

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assessment
Site includes introduction, assessment process and reports, public comments, and science meeting notes.

NOAA'S National Ocean Service
NOS measures and predicts coastal and ocean phenomena, protects large areas of the oceans, works to ensure safe navigation, and serves the American public in many other ways.

Science.gov
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by US Government agencies, including research and development results.

Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Hypoxia
U.S. Geological Survey site includes definition and links to laws and information from other government agencies.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal government agency responsible to safeguard the natural environment---air, water, and land--upon which life depends. Search the "Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds" area of EPA's Web site.

Contact Information

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