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Compendium of Avian Occurrence Information for the Continental Shelf Waters along the Atlantic Coast of the United States: Final Report (Database Section-Seabirds) (open access)

Compendium of Avian Occurrence Information for the Continental Shelf Waters along the Atlantic Coast of the United States: Final Report (Database Section-Seabirds)

This study follows the regulatory requirements by the MMS and FWS in assessing the construction of building and wind turbines effects on marine bird populations.
Date: July 2009
Creator: O'Connell, Allan; Gardner, Beth; Gilbert, Andrew & Laurent, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity (open access)

Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity

This report evaluates the damage cause by Hurricane Rita to the benthic habitats of four banks: Sonnier, McGrail, Geyer, and Bright. They measured the damage to bank caps the community structure, and used SCUBA to video record the evidence.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Robbart, Martha L.; Aronson, Richard B.; Deslarzes, Kenneth J. P.; Precht, William F.; Duncan, Leslie; Zimmer, Beth et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems (open access)

Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems

This report provides a synthesis of the present state of scientific understanding to the climate and decision making communities on potential abrupt state changes or regime shifts in ecosystems in response to climate change.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study (open access)

Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study

A study examining the topography, geology, geophysics, currents, hydrography, chemistry and biota of the Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Rowe, Gilbert T. & Kennicutt, Mahlon C., II
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, Analysis, and Integration of Meteorological and Air Quality Data for the Gulf of Mexico Region, Volume 3: Data Analysis (open access)

Synthesis, Analysis, and Integration of Meteorological and Air Quality Data for the Gulf of Mexico Region, Volume 3: Data Analysis

A data analysis providing an improved understanding of the relationships between meteorology, emissions, and air quality in the Gulf of Mexico region.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Douglas, Sharon G.; Haney, Jay L.; Hudischewskyj, A. Belle & Wei, YiHua
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library