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Ongoing Coastal Marine Institute Studies

Physical Oceanography Studies

• Effects of Loop Current and Loop Current Eddies - Analysis Using the Real-time MMS ADCPs from Oil Platforms (GM-92-42-127)

Fates and Effects Studies

• A Study of Long-Term Trends in Environmental Parameters Along the Louisiana/Mississippi Outer Continental Shelf Using Ocean Color Remote Sensing Data (GM-92-42-129)
   
• Improving the Predictive Capability of 3D Seismic Surface Amplitude Data for Identifying Chemosynthetic Community Sites (GM-92-42-76)
   

Biology Studies

• Assessing Trophic Linkages Between Platforms and Pelagic Fishes Using Ultrasonic Telemetry and Active Acoustics (GM-92-42-105)
   
• Biomass and Mass Balance Isotope Content of Seep Populations on the Upper Slope of Gulf of Mexico Determined from Archived Samples (GM-09-01-08)
   
• Deep-Water Coral Distribution and Abundance on Active Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and Decommissioned "Rigs-to-Reefs" Platforms (GM-92-42-126)
   
• Determining the Geographic Distribution, Maximum. Depth, and Genetic Affinities of Corals on Offshore Platforms, Northern Gulf of Mexico (GM-92-42-117)
   
• Digital Conversion and Selected Analysis of Dive Video From Fifteen Dive Seasons (GM-92-42-118)
   
• Platform Recruited Reef Fish, Phase II: Do Platforms Provide Habitat that Increases the Survival of Reef Fishes?  (GM-92-42-128)
   
• Short-term Movement, Home Range, and Behavior of Red Snapper Around Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as Determined by High Resolution Acoustic Telemetry (GM-92-42-104)

• A Prospectus for Historical Social and Economic Analysis of the Oil and Gas Industry for the Gulf of Mexico Region (GM-09-01-06)
   
• An Assessment of the Opportunities for Alternative Uses of the Hydrocarbon Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico (GM-92-42-123)
   
• Diversifying Energy Industry Risk in the Gulf of Mexico (GM-92-42-130)
   
• Environmental Justice:  A Comparative Perspective in Louisiana (GM-92-42-106)
   
• Factors Affecting Global Petroleum Exploration and Development and Impacts on the Attractiveness and Prospectivity of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Deepwater (GM-92-42-122)
   
• Gulf Coast Subsidence and Wetland Loss: A Synthesis of Recent Research (GM-92-42-131)
   
• Post Hurricane Assessment of OCS-Related Infrastructure and Communities in the Gulf of Mexico Region (GM-92-42-124)
   
• Social Capital and Offshore Oil Development in St. Mary Parish (GM-92-42-110)
   
• Spatial Restructuring and Fiscal Impacts in the Wake of Disaster: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (GM-92-42-125)
   
• The Relationship of Crime to Oil Development in the Coastal Regions of Louisiana (GM-92-42-80)

Other Studies

• Coastal Marine Institute - 2009-2013 (GM-09-01-01)
   

• Wave-Bottom Interaction and Bottom Boundary Layer Dynamics in Evaluating Sand Mining at Sabine Bank for Coastal Restoration, Southwest Louisiana  (GM- 92-42-94)