Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) provides shoreline classification and a sensitivity ranking that is important for oil spill planning. This system has not been used in Louisiana due to the rapid changes of the shoreline, which is a potential threat due to high risk of oil spill in that region. This research paper's goal is to develop remote sensing classification procedures to create an ESI map for Louisiana and other areas that present similar issues.

Technical summary report of the causes of atmospheric pollutants resulting in reduced visibility in coastal National Parks and Wilderness Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Mapping Area of Hard Bottom and Other Important Bottom Types: Outer Continental Shelf and Upper Continental Slope.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This report is a request for funding for programs and services for the 2006 fiscal year.

The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the relative contribution of produced water organic and nutrient compounds in relation to those of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya discharges in the context of hypoxia formation on the continental shelf.

Summary describing the work completed at Impact Assessment, Inc. for 'Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Shoreline Classification Using New Remote Sensing Data and Techniques.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A report including summaries of presentations that were given at the annual Information Transfer Meeting in 2005. Topics included benthic ecology and deepwater technology.

This report is about the status of existing reduced dimensional models of the dynamics of the Louisiana Coastal Current. Local, wind-driven models reproduce credibly the flow variability during the winter season.

Technical summary report of the influence of oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on the spring and fall migration of birds.

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The report is providing current awareness in all aspects of offshore oil and gas development. Sixteen quarterly issues were prepared from January 2001 to October 2004 that contained approximately 2,250 citations.

The objective was to provide guidance for studies planning for the next five years. The workshop began with the premise that much has been accomplished during the last decade of MMS socioeconomic research and that it is time to assess future directions for the program. The workshop sought advice, rather than consensus, on key questions, useful analytical approaches, and critical information needs.

The purpose of this report is to describe the operational aspects of removal processes in the GOM and to develop a production-based model to forecast the removal of offshore structures.

Report summary that investigated and analyzed algal fouling of three offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico in order to develop efficient and effective guidelines for future, wider area, long-term studies of algal fouling.

Technical report generated as a result of a grant with the goal of understanding oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico at depths greater than 400 meters

Final report of the causes of atmospheric pollutants resulting in reduced visibility of coastal National Parks and Wilderness Areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

This study was undertaken to review the available information on the distributions of these pelagic fish species in order to predict the spatial and temporal distributions of larval, juvenile and adult life history stages within the surface waters over an area likely to experience increasing gas and petroleum extraction.

Report of the influence of oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on the spring and fall migration of birds.

This report summary describes the objective of the research is to examine how offshore structures producing and processing hydrocarbons are removed from the Gulf of Mexico. Using this research, they developed a model to forecast the removal of offshore structures.

Report summary describing the work completed at Texas A & M University for 'Deepwater Program: Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Final research report project that used twelve different statistics to develop a climatology of currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The results are advantageous for planning future programs, providing information for environmental impact statements, furthering additional studies, and guiding oil and gas exploration.

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University, Coastal Fisheries Institute for 'Potential Spatial and Temporal Vulnerability of Pelagic Fish Assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico to Surface Oil Spills Associated with Deepwater Petroleum Development'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This final report summarizes the procedures and the results of the mapping efforts of a project on continental shelves.

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Analysis and Synthesis of Louisiana Coastal Boundary Current Data'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.