Introduction to the dedicated issue Donald K. AtwoodA. BratkovichGary L. Hitchcock EditorialNotes Pages: 729 - 731
Salinity variability within the Louisiana coastal current during the 1982 flood season Wm. J. WisemanF. J. Kelly OriginalPaper Pages: 732 - 739
Nutrient enrichments and phytoplankton growth in the surface waters of the Louisiana Bight Stephen M. SmithGary L. Hitchcock OriginalPaper Pages: 740 - 753
Records of nutrient-enhanced coastal ocean productivity in sediments from the Louisiana continental shelf Brian J. EadieBrent A. McKeeJohn H. Trefry OriginalPaper Pages: 754 - 765
Variability and prediction of freshwater and nitrate fluxes for the Louisiana-Texas shelf: Mississippi and Atchafalaya River source functions A. BratkovichS. P. DinnelD. A. Goolsby OriginalPaper Pages: 766 - 778
Spatial and temporal variations of photosynthetic parameters in relation to environmental conditions in coastal waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Steven E. LohrenzGary L. FahnenstielDonald G. Redalje OriginalPaper Pages: 779 - 795
Transport of dissolved organic nitrogen in Mississippi River plume and Texas-Louisiana continental shelf near-surface waters Diego López-VeneroniLuis A. Cifuentes OriginalPaper Pages: 796 - 808
Sediment oxygen consumption and benthic nutrient fluxes on the Louisiana continental shelf: A methodological comparison Tina Miller-WayGregory S. BolandRobert R. Twilley OriginalPaper Pages: 809 - 815
Mineralization of organic material and bacterial dynamics in Mississippi River plume water Wayne S. GardnerJames B. CotnerGerardo Chin-Leo OriginalPaper Pages: 816 - 828
The relationship between primary production and the vertical export of particulate organic matter in a river-impacted coastal ecosystem Donald G. RedaljeGary L. Fahnenstiel OriginalPaper Pages: 829 - 838
Transport of particulate organic carbon by the Mississippi River and its fate in the Gulf of Mexico John H. TrefrySimone MetzBrian J. Eadie OriginalPaper Pages: 839 - 849
Comparison of continuous records of near-bottom dissolved oxygen from the hypoxia zone along the Louisiana coast Nancy N. RabalaisWilliam J. WisemanR. Eugene Turner OriginalPaper Pages: 850 - 861
Respiration rates and hypoxia on the Louisiana shelf Quay DortchNancy N. RabalaisGilbert T. Rowe OriginalPaper Pages: 862 - 872
Time-based correlation of biogenic, lithogenic and authigenic sediment components with anthropogenic inputs in the Gulf of Mexico NECOP study area Terry A. NelsenPat BlackwelderSimone Metz OriginalPaper Pages: 873 - 885
A preliminary mass balance model of primary productivity and dissolved oxygen in the Mississippi River Plume/Inner Gulf Shelf Region Victor J. BiermanScott C. HinzR. Eugene Turner OriginalPaper Pages: 886 - 899
Data management for the nutrient enhanced coastal ocean productivity program James C. Hendee OriginalPaper Pages: 900 - 903