Fertilizer and other agricultural waste pouring into the Gulf of Mexico creates a larger and larger patch of lifeless ocean each year. Finally, the EPA has a plan of attack. Is it enough?
The abbreviation et al. means and others. It is most often used when a work you are citing in your paper has multiple authors. When a work has two authors, cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text.
Et al means and others or it can mean and elsewhere.. When used in citing a reference it often means there are multiple authors of the work cited and the citation is for th â¦ e first author and the others. John Smith, et al would mean John Smith and his coauthors. 2 people found this useful. . IncaBlue.