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Completed Environmental Studies in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Specific questions regarding technical content should be directed to the Environmental Studies Program, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program

MMS 2009-039	Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study
MMS 2008-022	Effects of Subsea Processing on Deepwater Environments in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2008-006	Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico: Synthesis Report
MMS 2006-034	Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico, Summary Report:  2002-2004
MMS 2005-012	Potential Spatial and Temporal Vulnerability of Pelagic Fish Assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico to Surface Oil Spills Associated with Deepwater Petroleum Development
MMS 2003-072	Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A Synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988
MMS 2002-078	Deepwater Program: Bluewater Fishing and OCS Activity:  Interactions between the Fishing and Petroleum Industries in Deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2002-063 MMS 2001-091	Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Year 2: Interim Report Year 1: Interim Report
MMS 2001-080	Mississippi/Alabama Pinnacle Trend Ecosystem Monitoring, Final Synthesis Report
MMS 2000-002 MMS 2000-003 MMS 2000-004	Cetaceans, Sea Turtles and Seabirds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations Volume I: Executive Summary Volume II: Technical Report Volume III: Data Appendix
MMS 99-0050	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Characterization and Data Information Management System
MMS 99-0049	Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico During Spring and Summer 1998, Final Report
MMS 99-0037	Development and Characterization of Sea Anemones as Bioindicators of Offshore Resource Exploitation and Environmental Impact
MMS 99-0004	Ecology of Live Bottom Habitats of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: A Community Profile
MMS 98-0018	Effects and Management of Oil Spills in March Ecosystems: A Review Produced From a Workshop Convened July 1996 at McNeese State University
1998	Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping of the West Coast of Florida, Technical Summary
MMS 97-0037 MMS 98-0044 MMS 99-0055	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Ecosystem Monitoring, Mississippi/Alabama Shelf; First Annual Interim Report Second Annual Interim Report Third Annual Interim Report
MMS 97-0020	Characterization and Trends of Recreational and Commercial Fishing from the Florida Panhandle
MMS 97-0003	Managing Oil Spills in Mangrove Ecosystems: Effects, Remediation, Restoration, and Modeling – A Review Produced From a Workshop Convened August 1995 at McNeese State University
MMS 97-0002	Distribution and Abundance of Cetaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report No. 1
MMS 96-0014 MMS 96-0015 MMS 96-0016 MMS 96-0017 MMS 96-0018 MMS 96-0019 MMS 96-0020	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program:  Data Search and Synthesis Synthesis Report, Annotated Bibliography Appendix A:  Physical Oceanography Appendix B:  Meteorology Appendix C:  Geology Appendix D:  Chemistry Appendix E:  Biology Appendix F, Part 1:  Socioeconomics Appendix F, Part 2:  County Socioeconomic Summaries
MMS 94-0021	Dispersed Oil Toxicity Tests with Biological Species Indigenous to the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 93-0047 MMS 93-0048	Long-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama Volume I: Executive Summary Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1 Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2
MMS 93-0041	Review and Reexamination of OCS Spatial Temporal Variability as Determined by MMS Studies in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 93-0021	Habitat Impacts of Offshore Drilling: Eastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 92-0008	Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystems Study Volume III: Annotated Bibliography
1991	University Research on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico – Effect of Shoreline and Shallow Sublittoral Habitat Contamination and Loss on Dominant Infaunal Invertebrates
MMS 90-0001	An Ecological Characterization of the Tampa Bay Watershed
MMS 90-0002	An Ecological Characterization of the Florida Springs Coast: Pithlachascotte to Waccasassa Rivers

Physical Oceanography Program

MMS 2009-060	Modeling Waves and Currents Produced by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
MMS 2009-055 MMS 2009-056 MMS 2009-057 MMS 2009-058	Synthesis, Analysis, and Integration of Meteorological and Air Quality Data for the Gulf of Mexico Region Volume I: User’s Manual for the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Database Volume II: Technical Reference Manual for the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Database Volume III: Data Analysis Volume IV: CART Analysis of Modeling Episode Days
MMS 2009-050	Observation of the Deepwater Manifestation of the Loop Current and Loop Current Rings in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2009-023	Loop Current Frontal Eddies Based on Satellite Remote-Sensing and Drifter Data
MMS 2008-029	Five-Year Meteorological Datasets for CALMET/CALPUFF and OCD5 Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico Region
MMS 2008-001	Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Observations at 25.5°N and 87°W
MMS 2005-032	Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2005-031	Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2004-040	Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2004-022	Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2004-017	Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography, Final Report
MMS 2004-013	Intermediate Depth Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico:  PALACE Float Results for the Gulf of Mexico Between April 1998 and March 2002
MMS 2003-074	Modeling and Data Analyses of Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2002-064	Lagrangian Study of Circulation, Transport, and Vertical Exchange in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2002-055	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography, Synthesis Report
MMS 2002-053	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Circulation Modeling Study
MMS 2001-103	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Inner Shelf Circulation Study
MMS 2001-102	Surface Circulation and the Transport of the Loop Current in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2001-063	Spatial and Temporal Variability of Plankton Stocks on the Basis of Acoustic Backscatter Intensity and Direct Measurements in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2000-079 MMS 2000-080	DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Final Report Volume I:  Executive Summary Volume II:  Technical Report
MMS 2000-075	Meteorology of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico:  Data from 1995 to 1997, Final Report
MMS 2000-028	Remote Sensing of Upwelling in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico and of the Effects of Hurricanes Earl and Georges, Year 2, Annual Report
MMS 99-0052	Environmental Survey of Identified Sand Resource Areas Offshore Alabama Executive Summary Volume I: Main Text Volume II: Appendices
MMS 98-0051	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program: Eddy Monitoring and Remote Sensing, First Annual Report
MMS 97-0005	Coastal Currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico – Dixie County, Florida, to the U.S.-Mexico Border
MMS 97-0042	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Satellite Oceanography Study and Oceanic Atlas Project, Final Report
MMS 96-0067	Numerical Simulation of Gulf of Mexico Circulation Under Present and Glacial Climatic Conditions
MMS 95-0005	Cooperative Studies of the Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico in June 95: CTD and XBT Sections Through the Loop Current and Eddy Z, From R/V Gyre Cruise 95G-03
MMS 94-0044	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Workshop Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tallahassee, Florida, April 5-7,1994
MMS 94-0004	Hydrographic Data From A July 1994 Transit-Of-Opportunity From Key West, Florida, To Galveston, Texas: R/V Gyre Cruise 94g-05, Leg Two
MMS 94-0001	Circulation on the Continental Shelf Between 87 Degrees W and 90 Degrees W With Data Appendix, Final Report, Volume 1=
MMS 93-0008	Hydrographic Data From A June 1993 Transit-Of-Opportunity Aboard R/V Gyre From Key West, Florida to Galveston, Texas
MMS 91-0061	Numerical Modeling Study of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea Using the Bryan-Cox Model
MMS 90-0008	Gulf of Mexico Circulation Modeling Study Annual Progress Report: Years 3 and 4

Socioeconomics

MMS 2008-052	Benefits and Burdens of OCS Activities on States, Labor Market Areas, Coastal Counties, and Selected Communities
MMS 2008-050 MMS 2008-051	Labor Needs Survey, Volume I: Technical Report Volume II: Survey Instruments
MMS 2008-017	Examination of the Development of Liquefied Natural Gas on the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2006-030	Accounting for Socioeconomic Change from Offshore Oil and Gas:  Cumulative Effects on Louisianan’s Coastal Parishes, 1969-2000
MMS 2006-011	Sustainable Community in Oil and Gas Country, Final Report
MMS 2003-060 MMS 2003-061 MMS 2003-062	Refining and Revising the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region High-Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks Volume I:  Executive Summary Volume II:  Technical Narrative Volume III:  Appendicies
MMS 2002-054	Socioeconomic Baseline Study for the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report: Description of the Dataset, 1930-1990
MMS 2002-024 MMS 2002-025 MMS 2002-026	Socioeconomic Baseline and Projections of the Impact of an OCS Onshore Base for Selected Florida Panhandle Communities Volume I : Final Report Volume II : Technical Description of the MMS Florida Panhandle Model Volume III : User's Guide for the Model
MMS 2000-049 MMS 2000-050	Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Environmental and Socioeconomic Data Search and Literature Synthesis Volume I: Report Volume II: Annotated Bibliography
MMS 2000-044	Economic Effects of Coastal Alabama and Destin Dome Offshore Natural Gas Exploration, Development, and Production
MMS 99-0063 MMS 99-0064	Stakeholders' Issues in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Volume I:  Technical Report Volume II:  Annotated Bibliography
MMS 98-0046	Social and Economic Consequences of Onshore OCS-Related Activities in Coastal Alabama: Final Baseline Report, Economic Baseline of the Alabama Coastal Region
MMS 94-0052	Oil and Gas Development and Coastal Income Inequality: A Comparative Analysis
MMS 90-0019 MMS 91-0015 MMS 91-0016 MMS 95-0029	Synthesis of Available Biological, Geological, Chemical, Socioeconomic and Cultural Resource Information for the South Florida Area Volume I: Final Report Volume II: Bibliography Volume III: Executive Summary Volume IV: Supplemental Report: A Comparison of Seagrass Beds in Panama and South Florida

Report Availability and ESPIS

Copies of the technical reports are available through the:

Minerals Management Service
Public Information Office
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394

(504) 736-2519 (local) or 1-800-200-GULF

The Environmental Studies Program Information System (ESPIS) is a free, computerized database established by MMS to make information gathered by the Environmental Studies Program more widely accessible. This System allows full text search and retrieval of this scientific information. Copies of many of the Environmental Studies Program reports and pertinent Technical Summaries are available by searching ESPIS.