The Central Role of the Mississippi River and its Delta in the Oceanography, Ecology and Economy of the Gulf of Mexico: A Synthesis

Alexander Kolker1, Philip P Chu2, Caz Taylor3, Brian J Roberts1, Alisha Anne Renfro4, Natalie Peyronnin5 and Catherine Fitzpatrick6, (1)Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA, United States, (2)NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, New Orleans, LA, United States, (4)Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Koosharem, UT, United States, (6)Tulane University, Earth and Environmental Science, New Orleans, LA, United States