Collection:LPB

Genre: Educational

Place Covered: Louisiana, Chesapeake Bay

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2003-09-24

Duration: 00:18:59

Subjects: Educational films | Science | Environment | Water quality | Hypoxia (Water)

Contributors:

• Grandy, Greg Host
• LaBauve, Randy Producer
• Azene, Hendekea Speaker
• Aguilar, Priscilla Speaker
• Bergeron, Beau Speaker
• Dortch, Quay Interviewee
• Felton, Mac Interviewee
• Hall, Frank Interviewee
• Rabalais, Nancy Interviewee
• Holmes, Robert Interviewee
• Kinner, Michael Interviewee
• Czapar, George Interviewee
• Niebuhr, David Interviewee
• Diaz, Robert Interviewee

In this episode of the series “Enviro-Tacklebox” from September 24, 2003, host Greg Grandy and the student reporters explore hypoxia, low oxygen levels in bodies of water. They cover: eutrophication; phytoplankton; zooplankton; hypoxia and anoxia; the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico; best management practices for farming; anoxia in the Long Island Sound; and the water quality of Chesapeake Bay. They interview: Quay Dortch, an oceanographer with NOAA; Mac Felton, microbiologist; Frank Hall, a geological oceanographer with the University of New Orleans; Nancy Rabalais, a marine biologist with the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON); Robert Holmes, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey; Michael Kinner, a farmer in Illinois; George Czapar of the University of Illinois; David Niebuhr, an oceanographer with Salem State College; and Robert Diaz, an oceanographer with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.