Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope study. Annual report (Year 3), Volume 2. Technical report
In 1983, the Minerals Management Service initiated a multi-year program to study the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico as part of its outer continental shelf environmental studies program. The particular program, the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Program, has three primary goals: (1) to determine the abundance, structure, and distribution of animal communities in the deep sea Gulf of Mexico; (2) to determine the hydrography and bottom conditions at selected sites within the study area and to relate these to faunal variations; and (3) to measure present levels of hydrocarbon contamination in deep sea sediments and selected animals. Volume I is the annual technical report, and Volume III is the appendices, which summarizes all data collected over five cruises during the first two years of the study. Year 3 was dedicated to finishing the sample analyses and compiling data. This report provides (1) a detailed description of all field collection, laboratory analyses, and data-management methods, and (2) a comprehensive summary of all the data collected that have been submitted to NODC in specified tape report. Volume III contains four massive appendices detailing all data collected.
- Research Organization:
- LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc., Bryan, TX (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6683615
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-100747/XAB
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also Volume 1, PB--89-100739, and Volume 3, PB--89-100754; Also available in set of 3 reports PC E99, PB--89-100721
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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