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Wetlands Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's (open access)

Wetlands Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's

Report to Congress on the status of wetland resources in the United States. This report, a one-time effort, focuses on documenting historical wetland losses that occurred from colonial times through the 1980s.
Date: 1990
Creator: Dahl, Thomas E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Association of Sea Turtles with Petroleum Platforms in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Association of Sea Turtles with Petroleum Platforms in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

A report on the determination of density for five endangered sea turtle species in the vicinity of Gulf of Mexico drilling platforms no longer in use and slated for removal using explosives.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Lohoefener, Ren; Hoggard, Wayne; Mullin, Keith; Roden, Carol & Rogers, Carolyn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida (open access)

Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida

This report investigates five older and two newer exploration oil wells to determine the environmental impact in a tropical climate. The five older sites were created prior to the OCS and MMS regulations for drilling, and the newer two were created with the OCS and MMS regulations. This investigation was set to determine if these sites had a positive, negative, or no impact on the environment.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Shinn, Eugene A.; Lidz, Barbara H. & Dustan, Philip A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library