Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting (open access)

Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting

Proceedings of the 21st Information Transfer Meeting on environmental issues related to the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Summary reports include studies of marine life, coastal environmental issues, socioeconomic impact of offshore drilling on coastal communities, removal of offshore structures, technology allowing expansion into deepwater, Gulf currents, and more.
Date: January 2002
Creator: McKay, Melanie & Nides, Judith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Hiett, Robert L. & Milon, J. Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lagrangian Study of Circulation, Transport, and Vertical Exchange in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Lagrangian Study of Circulation, Transport, and Vertical Exchange in the Gulf of Mexico

The goal of this study was to characterize the transport, mixing, and ventilation processes in deep water in order to assess the environmental impacts of exploration and production on deep-sea communities.
Date: November 2002
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-1999 (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-1999

A continuation of the long-term monitoring of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary coral reef habitats, using a variety of methods to asses the changes in said reef communities.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Dokken, Quenton R.; MacDonald, Ian R.; Tunnell, John W., Jr.; Wade, Terry; Beaver, Carl R.; Childs, Susan A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agency for International Development: 2001 Accountability Report (open access)

U.S. Agency for International Development: 2001 Accountability Report

A report about USAID's consolidated financial statements and the adequacy of its controls over the obligation and expenditure of budgetary resources. It also describes USAID's operations and its performance.
Date: February 2002
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report: 1993 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report: 1993

This report outlines a Presidential Initiative for an accelerated, focused research strategy designed to reduce key scientific uncertainties and to develop more reliable scientific predictions upon which sound national and international policies and responses to global change can be based.
Date: 2002
Creator: Federal Coordinating Council for Science. Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 2002 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 2002

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2002.
Date: 2002
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Arctic Ocean and Climate Change: A Scenario for the US Navy (open access)

The Arctic Ocean and Climate Change: A Scenario for the US Navy

This report is an edited compilation of the views of the panel of experts convened by the United States Arctic Research Commission to assist the Navy in considering the effects of climate change on their operations in and around the Arctic Ocean in the mid to lat Twenty First Century.
Date: 2002
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Fishing Gear on Seafloor Habitat Progress Report for FY 2002 (open access)

Effects of Fishing Gear on Seafloor Habitat Progress Report for FY 2002

A progress report from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center who initiated a number of seafloor habitat studies directed at investigating the impact of fishing on the seafloor and evaluation of technology to determine bottom habitat type.
Date: October 2002
Creator: Heifetz, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library