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Title: Gulf of Mexico continental slope study annual report, year 2. Volume 2. Primary volume. Interim report 1985-1986. [Sampling for hydrocarbons]

Abstract

This report, which was prepared in three volumes (Executive Summary, Primary Volume, and Appendix), details the findings of two years of sampling on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico at depths of 300-3000 m. Preliminary results from a third year of sampling are also presented. Physical and chemical measurements included: CTD casts at 35 stations; sediment characteristics, including hydrocarbons and bulk sediment parameters from 60 stations; tissue hydrocarbon levels of representative benthic organisms; and delta carbon-13 values from sediments and organisms, including comparison of areas of natural petroleum seepage to prevailing slope conditions. The biological oceanography section provides detailed enumeration of megafaunal specimens collected by trawling and of macro- and meiofaunal specimens collected with a 600 sq cm box core. Major megafaunal groups treated are Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and demersal fishes.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc., Bryan, TX (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5328442
Report Number(s):
PB-88-168851/XAB
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also Volume 1, PB--88-168844 and Volume 3, PB--88-168869; Also available in set of 3 reports PC E99, PB--88-168836
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; GULF OF MEXICO; OFFSHORE DRILLING; ABUNDANCE; FISHES; PROGRESS REPORT; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISTRIBUTION; DOCUMENT TYPES; DRILLING; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; POLLUTION; RESOURCES; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; VERTEBRATES; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 030200 - Natural Gas- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

. Gulf of Mexico continental slope study annual report, year 2. Volume 2. Primary volume. Interim report 1985-1986. [Sampling for hydrocarbons]. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
. Gulf of Mexico continental slope study annual report, year 2. Volume 2. Primary volume. Interim report 1985-1986. [Sampling for hydrocarbons]. United States.
. 1986. "Gulf of Mexico continental slope study annual report, year 2. Volume 2. Primary volume. Interim report 1985-1986. [Sampling for hydrocarbons]". United States.
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year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
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