Mailing and Contact Information: 2221 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences School of the Coast and Environment Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA -70803 Tel:225-578-6394 Fax:225-578-6326 E-mail: djusti1@lsu.edu	Dubravko Justic Professor

Education:

Ph. D. University of Zagreb, Biological Oceanography, 1989.
M. S. University of Zagreb, Ecology, 1984 .
B. S. University of Zagreb, Biology, 1981.

Grants:

• NGOMEX 2006: Improving the accuracy of hypoxia models for the northern Gulf of Mexico, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


• A Proposed Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Missippi State University.


• Nutrient Dynamics and Primary Productivity at Caernarvon Freshwater diversion, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program.


• MULTISTRESS: Cumulative Coastal Stressors: Northern Gulf of Mexico, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Recent Publications:

1. Justic, D., Bierman, V., Scavia, D. and Hetland, R. 2007. Forecasting Gulf’s Hypoxia: The Next 50 Years. Estuaries 30: 791-801.


2. Quiñones-Rivera, Z. J., Wissel, B., Justic, D., Fry, B. 2007. Partitioning oxygen sources and sinks in a stratified, eutrophic coastal ecosystem using stable oxygen isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342:69-83.


3. Turner, R. E., Rabalais, N. N., Justic, D., Dortch, Q. 2006. Predicting summer hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Riverine N, P, and Si Loading. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 139-148.


4. Justic, D., Rabalais, N.N., Turner, R.E. 2005. Coupling between climate variability and marine coastal eutrophication: Historical evidence and future outlook. Journal of Sea Research 54: 25-35.


5. Lane, R. R, Day, J. W., Jr., Justic, D., Reyes, E., Marx, B., Day, J. N., Hyfield, E. 2004. Changes in stoichiometric Si, N and P ratios of Mississippi River water diverted through coastal wetlands to the Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 60: 1-10.


6. Scavia, D., Justic, D., Bierman, V. J., Jr. 2004. Reducing hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: advice from three models. Estuaries 27: 419-425.


7. Wiseman, W. J., Jr., Rabalais, N. N., Turner, R. E., Justic, D. 2004. Hypoxia and the physics of the Louisiana Coastal Current, p. 359-372. In: Dying and Dead Seas – Climatic Versus Anthropogenic Causes, J. C. Nihoul, P. O. Zavialov and P. P. Micklin (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.


8. Holm, G. O., Jr., Hess, T., Justic, D., McNease, L., Linscombe, G., Nesbitt, S. 2003. Population recovery of the Eastern Brown Pelican following its extirpation in Louisiana. Wilson Bulletin 115: 431-437.


9. Justic, D., Rabalais, N. N., Turner, R. E. 2003. Simulated responses of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxia to variations in climate and anthropogenic nutrient loading. Journal of Marine Systems 42: 115-126.


10. Justic, D., Turner, R. E., Rabalais, N. N. 2003. Climatic influences on riverine nitrate flux: implications for coastal marine eutrophication and hypoxia. Estuaries 26: 1-11.